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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
Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Act—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 5 | 5 | |||
| Want of ventilation | – | – | |||
| Overcrowding | – | – | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | |||
| † Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | – | – | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | |||
| not separate for sexes | – | – | |||
| (Sec. 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted.) The standard of sufficiency and suitability enforced being that in the Order of the Secretary of State, of 4th February, 1903. | |||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | – | – | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 4 | 4 | |||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | – | – | |||
| Total | 23 | 23 | |||
* Including those specified in sections 2, 8, 7, and 8 of the factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.
† For districts not in London state here whether section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1890, has been adopted by the District Council; and if so what standard of sufficiency and
suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and workshops has been enforced.