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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

Wandsworth 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XL.DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

TABLE XL.

DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1)Number. (2)
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here.Workshop Bakehouses52
Workshop Laundries34
Dressmakers' and Milliners' Workshops140
Bootmakers115
Smiths and Engineers48
Builders40
Tailors71
Motor Engineers43
Upholsterers30
Hairdressers21
Other283
Total number of workshops on Register877

Table: TABLE XLI.DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS ANDWORKPLACES.

TABLE XLI.

DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND

WORKPLACES.

Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—1
Want of cleanliness1714--
Want of ventilation——--
Overcrowding——--
Want of drainage of floors——--
Other Nuisances2221--
Sanitary accommodation: Insufficient11--
Unsuitable or defective3632--
Not separate for sexes11--
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)----
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921)----
Total7769--

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* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.