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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 1919
[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.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 96 | 7 | Nil. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 128 | 12 | Nil. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 39 | 3 | Nil. |
| Total | 263 | 22 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 4 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 7 | 7 | Nil | Nil. | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 8 | 8 | Nil | NIL | |
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Illegal occupation of under ground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 3 | 3 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Other offences | |||||
| Total | 22 | 22 | |||