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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year
1908, 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) | 13 | 3 | Nil. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 69 | 8 | Nil. |
| Total | 82 | 11 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions, | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | ||
| Want of ventilation | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Nuisances | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | |||
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101). | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 4 | 4 | ||
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part III. of the Report | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 13 | 1 | |