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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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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) | 52 | 10 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries | 115 | 9 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 56 | 12 | |
| Total | 223 | 31 | |
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 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Want of Vention | 1 | 1 | |||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 12 | 12 | |||
| Sanitary accommo dation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ||
| unsuitab'e or defeative . | 2 | 2 | |||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S.101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses. | 5 | 5 | |||
| (as. 97 to 100). Other offences | |||||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 25 | 25 | |||