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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
Brentford 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year
190$,/on the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, in connection with Factories, Workshops, Laundries,
Workplaces and Homework.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 12 | - | Nil. |
| workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 83 | 9 | Nil. |
| Total | 95 | 9 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Want of ventilation | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Other Nuisances | 7 | 7 | .. | .. |
| Sanitary accommodation — | ||||
| Insufficient | ||||
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 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 III. of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 11 | 11 | .. | .. |