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 Dagenham]
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Sanitary Inspection of the District. Report of the Sanitary Inspectors.
(a) Nature and Number of Inspections:— | ||
Houses | 682 | |
Bakehouses | 48 | |
Slaughterhouses | 536 | |
Meat condemned and surrendered | 2,812 lbs. | |
Carcases inspected | 2,042 | |
Milkshops and Dairies | 95 | |
Cowsheds | 36 | |
Foodshops inspections | 722 | |
Infectious diseases enquiries | 6,421 | |
Houses disinfected | 1,063 | |
No. of Nuisances investigated | 149 | |
(b) Notices served. | Complied with. | |
Statutory | 88 | 88 |
Informal | 149 | 149 |
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
In this district there are 29 factories, 34 workshops, and 43 workplaces.
1. Inspection.
PREMISES. | Number of | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
Factories | 67 | 2 | — | ||
Workshops | 102 | 1 | — | ||
Workplaces | 112 | 6 | — | ||
2. Defects. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
Found. | Remedied. | ||||
Defective Sanitary Accommodation | — | — | |||
"Other Nuisances " | 9 | 9 |