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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION,

Table: Including Inspections made by Sanitary inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)224
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)30
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report)44
Total964

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of Cleanliness44
Want of Ventilation11
Overcrowding
Other Nuisances55
Sanitary accommo- dationinsufficient
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
Total1010