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Kingston upon Thames 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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TABLE E.

Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)6
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)74NilNil
Workplaces5
Total85NilNil
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 Cleanliness55
Want of drainage of FloorsNilNilNilNil
Other Nuisances33
Total8.8NilNil

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) :—ListsOutworkers
Lists received712
Addresses of Outworkersforwarded to other Authorities77
received from other Authorities
Inspection of Premises.13
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1908:
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated hereDressmakers (mostly small places)46
Hand laundries30
Eating places (not hotels)...15
Sausages, etc.4
Bakehouses29
Various106
Total number of workshops on Register230