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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912 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 (Including Factory Laundries) | 39 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 294 | 14 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 59 | — | — |
| Total | 392 | 15 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| 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 bake house (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 | 12 | 12 | — | — | |