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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 1908
[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 Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 26 | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 112 | 2 | |
| Workplaces | 108 | 11 | |
| Total | 246 | 13 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Ads:— * | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | |||||
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding ... | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 30 | 30 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or de- fective not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ||
| Offences tinder the Factory and Workshop Act | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehoute (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | |||||
| Other offences | |||||
| Total | 33 | 33 | |||
Section 22, Public Health Act, 1890, adopted one w.c., for every 20 workers
is insisted upon.