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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
Wealdstone 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
l.~ INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises, | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 16 | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 42 | 4 | |
| Workplaces | 4 | ||
| Homeworkers' Premises | |||
| Total | 62 | 4 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | |||
| Other Nuisances | 1 | 1 | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 6 | 6 | ||
♦Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.