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 Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Want of Cleanliness | 51 | 51 | - | - | |
Want of Ventilation | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
Overcrowding | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
Other nuisances | 243 | 243 | - | - | |
Sanitary accommodations. | insufficient | - | - | - | - |
unsuitable or defective | 73 | 73 | - | - | |
(not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
Other offences (Excluding offenccs relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
Totals | 384 | 384 | - | - |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 8, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.