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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 5 | Nil. | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 42 | 3 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 3 | ||
| Total | 50 | 3 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 3 | 3 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 3 | 3 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) Other offences | |||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | |||