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Wandsworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of factories, workshops, workplaces, and home
workers' pre-nises is shown in Table XXXIX. together with
the number of inspections made. The inspection of food premises
are not included in this Table, but are shown in Table
XLIII.
TABLE XXXIX.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places on Register at end of 1931. | Number of Inspections, 1931. | Number of Notices, 1931. | Number of Prosecutions, 1931. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories :— | ||||
| Factory Laundries | 55 | 76 | 7 | — |
| Factory Bakehouses | 80 | 243 | 1 | — |
| Other Factories | 459 | 432 | 13 | — |
| Total | 594 | 751 | 21 | — |
| Workshops :— | ||||
| Workshop Laundries | 31 | 34 | 1 | — |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 51 | 184 | — | — |
| Other Workshops | 735 | 691 | 10 | — |
| Total | 817 | GOD | 11 | — |
| Workplaces | 159 | 124 | 4 | — |
| Total : Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 1,570 | 1,784 | 36 | — |
| Home-workers' premises | 447 | 352 | 10 | — |
| Grand Total | 2,017 | 2,136 | 46 | — |
Further details with regard to homeworkers' premises are
given in Table XL.
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