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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 1921
[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) | 8 | - | Nil. |
| Workshops ... ... . . (Including Workshop Laundries) | 64 | 4 | " |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 2 | — | " |
| Total | 74 | 4 | Nil. |
2.- DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | Nil. | ||
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Other Nuisances | |||||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | Nil. | ||