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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
Richmond upon Thames 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Bakehouses.
These have been periodically visited by the Medical
Officer, and generally found in a satisfactory condition.
The following is a summary of the work done during the
year under this Act:—
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1—INSPECTIONS.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 7 | l | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 79 | 16 | — |
| Workplaces | 4 | — | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 8 | — | — |
| Total | 98 | 17 | — |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| Want of cleanliness | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 20 | 20 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodations— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | 44 | — | — | |