Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Factories, Power. | Factories, Non-Power | Workplaces, Offices, Shops, &c. | |
---|---|---|---|
Defective, dirty internally | 13 | 30 | 8 |
Verminous | — | — | 5 |
Damp | 3 | 5 | 21 |
Defective drainage | — | 5 | 56 |
„ roofs | 2 | — | 2 |
„ area paving | — | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Insufficient ventilation and light | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Defective or dirty | 9 | 28 | 26 |
Direct approach | 4 | 2 | — |
Not separate for sexes | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Unsuitable | 2 | — | — |
No indicating notices on doors of waterclosets | 15 | 10 | – |
Water supply insufficient | — | — | 3 |
„ supply, absence of in upper floors | – | – | 2 |
„ cisterns dirty | — | — | 3 |
„ cisterns uncovered | — | — | 1 |
„ taps not off main | — | — | 1 |
Smells | — | 1 | 55 |
Rubbish | 1 | 2 | 51 |
Other nuisances | — | 2 | 24 |
Temperature | — | 4 | 3 |
Inadequate ventilation | — | 1 | 6 |
Overcrowding | — | 7 | 1 |
Failure to fix abstracts | 75 | 47 | — |
Factories Act, 1937 (Section 114).
Reports were made to the Factory Inspector of 122 instances for
failure to display the appropriate abstracts of the Factories Act, 1937.