London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
1.
| Premises. | N umber ot | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| FACTORIES. (including Factory Laundries) | 756 | 178 | |
| WORKSHOPS. (including Workshop Laundries) | 825 | 190 | |
| WORK PLACES. (other than Outworkers premises) | 317 | 34 | |
| Total | 1898 | 402 | |
| Particulars. | No of Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 127 | 86 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 11 | 4 | ||
| Overcrowding | 1 | |||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ||||
| Other Nuisances | 165 | 119 | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 11 | 4 | ||
| Unsuitable or Defective | 275 | 215 | ||
| Not sep irate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | ||||
| Other offences— (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers Order, 1921) | ||||
| Reports to H. M. Inspector | 16 | |||
| Total ... | 596 | 429 | 16 | |