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 Erith]
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In anticipation of formal action, the following houses have
been demolished:
Higham's farmhouse, Brook Street.
1 The Walnuts, Bedonwell Hill.
2 The Walnuts, Bedonwell Hill.
38, 40, 42, Albert Road, Belvedere.
E(8). Factories.
1. INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
Factories with mechanical power | 134 | 9 | — |
Factories without mechanical power | 36 | 7 | — |
Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction bat not including outworkers premises) | 23 | — | — |
Total | 193 | 16 | — |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H M Inspector | ||
Want of Cleanliness | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable Temperature | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences: Insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
Other offences | 9 | 9 | — | — |
Total | 28 | 28 | — | — |