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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton and Morden 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 49 | 2 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 32 | - | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | — | — | — |
| Total | 81 | 2 | — |
2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | N umber of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the | ||||
| Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | — | - |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - |
| Other nuisances | — | — | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | - | — |
| Offences under the I1 actory and Workshop Acts: — | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences | — | — | - | - |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | - | - |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.
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