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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
Barnes 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1911 for
the Urban District of Barnes
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, and
HOMEWORK.
1.- INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 41 | 4 | — |
| Workshops | 303 | 10 | - |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 59 | - | - |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - |
| Total | 403 | 14 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Prosecutions | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 11 | 11 | - | -_ | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary ac- commodation | insufficient | - | - | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | - | - | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences | - | - | - | ||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report). | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Total | 13 | 13 | - | - | |