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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 1921
[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.,) | 120 | 5 | Nil. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 200 | 3 | ” |
| Workplaces (Other than Outwo kers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 62 | 5 | ” |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 10 | 10 | Nil. | ||
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 8 | 8 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | |||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 16 | 16 | ” | ||
| Other offences | |||||
| Total | 41 | 41 | Nil. | ||