[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Offence. Not complying with Notice to abate a Nuisance Not quitting house after Clearance Order. Not Closing Shop for serving of cus¬ tomers on half-holiday. Not complying with Notice to abate a Nuisance. Not quitting house after Clearance Order. Rag and Bone Dealer distributing toys from vehicle. Result. After adjournment, withdrawn when work was done, upon payment of costs. To quit within 28 days. Fined £1. Order to carry out repairs, etc., within 4 months, and pay costs. To quit within 28 days. Fined £5. BAKEHOUSES. There are 21 Bakehouses in occupation, 14 in Stourbridge and 7 in Lye. Duiing the year one bakehouse ceased being used. The businesses of two others were removed to other premises, in each case old buildings being adapted. A complaint was received from the Factory Inspector about the dirty condition of one place. This received attention. FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. There were 236 Workshops on the Register at the end of the year, as follows :— Baking 21 Horse Shoeing 1 Basket Making 1 Jewellery and Watch Boot Repairing 28 Repairing 8 Brewing 4 Joinery 15 Bucket Handle Making 1 Laundry 2 Chain Making 2 Malting 2 Cabinet Making and Millinery 10 Upholstering 8 Motor Repairs 14 Carriage Building and Plumbing, etc. 6 Wheelwrights 5 Picture Framing 3 Cycle Repairs 6 Reflector Making 1 Chamois Leather Saddlery 3 Dressing ... 2 Sheet Metal Cutting ... 10 Dressmaking 2 7 Smithy (General) 3 Electrical Engineering Stained Glass 1 and Wireless 7 Stone Masonry 2 Fire-lighter Making ... 1 Tailoring 27 Food Preparing 5 Tin and Whitesmithy 2 Frost Cog Making 8