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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 1906
[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 Sanitary Inspector, 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 | — | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laun-dries) | 82 | 26 | - |
| Workplaces | 4 | — | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 8 | — | — |
| Total | 101 | 26 | — |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Dfefects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | \ Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| Want of cleanliness | 26 | 26 | - | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | - | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | — |
| Other nuisances | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodations— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | - | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | - | — |
| 32 | 32 | — | — | |