London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barnes 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Sanitary Administration.
2.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | |
| Other nuisances | 5 | 4 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 0 | 0 |
| unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | |
| not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | |
| Total | 15 | 14 | |
Registered Workshops.
Motor and Cycle Works 9
Blind Maker 1
Boot Repairers 15
Metal Workers 1
Furrier 1
Upholsterers 4
Dressmakers 15
Tailors 10
Workshop Laundries 3
Workshop Bakehouses 11
Others 16
86
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable
under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and
Workshop Acts (s. 5, 1901):—
Notified by H.M. Inspector 2
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector 1
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at end of the year, 4
REGISTRIES FOR FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
The above-mentioned premises are controlled by bye-laws in
force in the District: there are 4 such premises on the Register.
Inspection during the year disclosed no breach of the Bye-laws.