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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
Teddington 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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(11) FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES.
1—Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 56 | 8 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 105 | 5 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 71 | 7 | - |
| Total | 232 | 20 | — |
2—Defects found in Factories, Workshops & Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| • | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | 10 | - | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 2 | - | — |
| Other nuisances | 15 | 13 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 4 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 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 cf Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order 1921) . | - | - | 1 | - |
| Total | 38 | 32 | 1 | - |
*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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