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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1920
on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, in connection with Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
TABLE I.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspector of Nuisances.)
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 36 | 6 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries | 58 | 23 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 2 | — | — |
| Total | 96 | 29 | — |
TABLE II.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of defects. | Number of Prosecut'ns | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Insp'r | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts;— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 14 | 12 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 9 | 8 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 15 | 13 | — | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Other offences | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Total | 65 | 58 | — | — | |