[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Factories and Workshops. Inspections : Factories 13 Work shops 123 Workplaces 41 Total 177 Informal Notices to remedy Defects : F actories 1 Workshops 20 Workplaces 4 In no case was legal procedure necessary. Defects found : Number Number found. remedied. With regard to cleanliness 10 10 With regard to drainage, etc 7 7 With regard to sanitary accommodation 3 3 Miscellaneous 5 5 Registered Workshops at 31st December, 1924 : Workshop bakehouses ... 36 (including 3 underground) Other workshops 262 Total 298 Note : The three underground bakehouses are certified. Outworkers : Twenty-nine lists of outworkers were received and entered in the register. The total number of these is now 26. The premises were all inspected during the year. Other Matters : Nik Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. The following rodents were caught in the Town area on bird- lime and in traps during the year :— Brown rats 3,138 Mice 1,360