London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWOJtiK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspector.
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 90 | 1 | Nil. |
| Workshops Including Workshop Laundries) | 120 | 5 | „ |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report). | 58 | 6 | „ |
| Total | 268 | 12 | Nil. |
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 | Nil. | Nil | |
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 5 | 4 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or de fective | 3 | 3 | |||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of under ground bakehoupe (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | |||||
| Other offences | 6 | 6 | |||
| Total | 18 | 17 | Nil | Nil. | |