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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS; LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.

Table: 1.—INSPECTION.Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

1.—INSPECTION.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises,Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)181
Workshops(Including Workshop Laundries)713
Workplaces
Total894

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions
Fcur.d.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health A cts *
Want of Cleanliness1
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors11
Other Nuisances11
Sanitary accommodation insufficient11
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100).11
Total44

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