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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
Kingston upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE E.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces & Homework
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspector or Inspector of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 4 | ||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 70 | Nil | Nil |
| Workplaces | 5 | ||
| Total | 79 | Nil | Nil |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referr'd toH.M. Insp'ct'r | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 6 | 6 | ||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | Nil | Nil | ||
| Other Nuisances | 2 | 2 | Nil | Nil |
| Total | 8 | 8 | Nil | Nil |
3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):- | |||
| In use at the end of 1909 (technically underground but well lighted and ventilated to open air) | 2 | ||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||
| List of Outworkers (S. 107):— | Lists | Outworkers | |
| Lists received | 6 | 14 | |
| Addresses of Outworkers | (forwarded to other Authorities | ||
| (received from other Authorities | 7 | 7 | |
| Inspection of premises | 3 | ||
| Workshops on the Register (S.131) at the end of 1908: | |||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bake houses, may be enumerated here | Dressmakers (mostly small places) | 46 | |
| Hand laundries | 30 | ||
| Eating places (not hotels) | 15 | ||
| Sausages, etc, | 4 | ||
| Bakehouses | 29 | ||
| Various | 106 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 230 | ||