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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
Harrow 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
including inspections made by sanitary inspectors or inspectors of nui8ances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 8 | ||||
| Workshops(Including Workshop Laundries.) | 128 | 12 | |||
| Workplaces | 52 | 10 | |||
| Total | 188 | 22 | |||
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other Nuisances | 18 | 18 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | ||||
| not separate for sexes | 4 | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | Sec. 22, P.H.A., 1890, adopted one w.c. for every twenty workers is insisted upon. | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | |||||
| Other offences | |||||
| Total | 26 | 26 | |||