[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Factories and Workshops Act, 1901.—The duties imposed upon the department in administering the provisions of the above, entail a considerable amount of work owing to the comprehensive character of the Act, and very little short of the entire services of one Inspector are required on this work alone. The result of the Act has been extremely gratifying, the improvements effected, especially in the under-ground bakehouses,* being most striking. These alterations were carried out under the most trying and difficult circumstances, as in nearly every case the occupiers had to carry on their business while the structural alterations were carried out. It is however, gratifying to be able to state that the occupiers were, with one exception, extremely grateful for the advice and assistance that was rendered to them by the Health Department. At the suggestion of the Secretary of State, I append a Table showing the particulars of the work carried out, that lend themselves to statistical treatment, but the fuller statement of the work will be found in Appendix B. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. i.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Chief Sanitary Inspector and his Assistants. Number of Premises. Inspections. Written Notices. Prosecutions. Factories (Including Factory Laundries). 62 2 Nil Workshops (including Workshop Laundries). 681 20 >> Workplaces 549 1 Homeworkers’ Premises 68 Nil 5? Total | ]36° [ 23 Nil](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3039191x_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
