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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
Twickenham 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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4.—REGISTERED SHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 18 |
| Dressmakers | 15 |
| Laundries | 8 |
| Milliners | 5 |
| Motor and Cycle Works | 10 |
| Tailors | 4 |
| Other | 22 |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 82 |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901) .................... | 3 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshps Acts (s. 5, 1901) | |
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 3 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 3 |
| Other .. | — |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) :— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | — |
| In use at the end of the year | 3 |
Housing.
Considerable progress has been made with the systematic
housing inspection of the district, under the Housing (Inspection of
the district), Regulations.
Two hundred and five dwellings have been inspected in this
way and proper records made, during the year. As will be
readily understood it is an easier matter to make inspections than
to see that all the defects to which attention is drawn, are remedied
by the owner, and inspection is apt to get too far ahead of following
up. Still, much useful work has been done.
The details of the housing work accomplished are shown in
the following table:—