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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
Deptford 1905
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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Table No. 15—continued.
2 —DEFECTS FOUND.
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. * | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 258 | 258 | ||||
| Want of Ventilation | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ||||||
| Other Nuisances | 108 | 106 | ||||
| Sanitary Accommodations | Insufficient | 11 | 11 | |||
| {Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | ||||
| {Not Separate for Sexes | ||||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ||||||
| Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Giving out work to be done in premmises which are | Unwholesome(s. 108) Infected (s.110) | |||||
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109) | 2 | |||||
| Other Offences | ||||||
| Total | 389 | 387 | 3 | |||
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M Inspectors of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 9 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspectors | 2 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 2 | |
| Other | 12 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | ||
| In use at the end of the year | 28 | |