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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
Teddington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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District of Teddington.
1 —Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces.
Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspector of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | Frequent. | 0 | 0 |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | Frequent. | 0 | 0 |
| Workplaces | Frequent. | 0 | 0 |
| Total | |||
2 Defects found in Factories, Workshops & Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts — Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Want of ventilation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overcrowding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Want of drainage of floors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other nuisances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |