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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
Walthamstow 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT, 1901.
The Medical Officer of Health, in his Annual Report, must, under
Section 132 of the above Act, " report specifically on the administration
of the Act in workshops and workplaces, so far as the matters
under the charge of the Council are concerned, and to send a copy of
his report on the subject to the Secretary of State."
The following table, filled in for your district, gives the information
as required by the Home Office:—
ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH FOR 1904, FOR THE URBAN
DISTRICT OF WALTHAMSTOW.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 23 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 147 | 11 | — |
| Workplaces | — | — | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 753 | 16 | — |
| Total | 900 | 27 | — |