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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
Tottenham 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT BY FEMALE
SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Miss Lamb:—
Visits to Outworkers' Premises 870
,, Workshops 146
„ Laundries 8
,, Factories 7
Complaints investigated 29
Visits re Infectious Disease 32
Miscellaneous visits 19
Reinspections 406
Swabs taken 1,829
S. F. contacts examined 1,253
Mrs. Kent Parsons: —
Sanitary Inspections 91
Visits re Infectious Disease 11
Complaints 8
Visits to Factories and Workshops 7
(Note.—For other visits re infectious disease see table of Home
Visits paid by M. and C. W. Staff.)
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with section 132, I have to submit a resumé of the work
effected during the year—under the provisions of the above Act—in the
form prescribed by the Home Office :—
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of
Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | ||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 186 | 80 | .. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 450 | |||
| Workplaces (other than out-workers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 636 | 80 | .. | |