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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913 for
the Urban District of Barnes
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, and
HOMEWORK.
1.- INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 44 | 1 | - |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 220 | 9 | - |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 15 | - | - |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||
| Total | 279 | 10 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to M M. Inspector | ||||
| 8 | 8 | - | - | |||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | - | ||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | - | — | - | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | - | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — | |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | - | — | ||
| not separate for sexes | - | — | — | — | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s 101) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report). | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | — | — | ||