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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.

Table: —INSPECTION.INCLUDING INSPECTIONS MADE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS OR INSPECTORSOF NUISANCEs.

—INSPECTION.

INCLUDING INSPECTIONS MADE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS OR INSPECTORS

OF NUISANCEs.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written NoticesProsecutions.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries.)9
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.)847
Workplaces
Total937

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

culars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances wider the Public Health Acts :—
Want of Cleanliness11
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors22
Other Nuisances44
Sanitary accommoda- tioninsufficient
unsuitable or defective
not separate for sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100)
Other offences
Total77