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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
Hayes and Harlington 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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4. - SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT(Contd.)
General Repairs, etc. (Contd.)
Defective brickwork and plaster work of internal walls repaired 6
Defective wood floors repaired 10
Defective stairs repaired -
Handrails provided 1
Lighting and ventilation increased 1
Defective tile, brick or concrete floors repaired -
Defective doors repaired 3
Defective ceilings repaired 31
Defective windows repaired, made to open or renewed 5
Rooms cleansed 15
Defective stoves, coppers, etc., repaired -
Sink waste pipes trapped or repaired 19
Insufficient water supply increased 12
Defective yard pavings repaired 1
Offensive accumulations removed 4
New dustbins provided 31
Food stores provided
Lighting, etc., of food stored improved -
5.- SHOPS
6.- CAMPING SITES.
7.- SMOKE ABATEMENT
3.- SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
9.- ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. No important changes from last year.
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
1.- INSPECTIONS
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 4 | Nil | |
| Factories with out mechanical power | 4 | - | |
| Other premises under the Act, (including work of building and engineering construction but not including Outworkers' premises.) | - | - | |
| 30 | 4 | ||
2.- DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of defects | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | 4 | |
| Want of ventilation | Nil | Nil | |
| Overcrowding | Nil | Nil | |
| Want of drainage of floors | Nil | Nil | |
| Other nuisances | Nil | Nil | |
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | Nil | Nil |
| Unsuitable defective. | 3 | 3 | |
| Not separate for sexes | Nil | Nil | |
| Offences under the Factories Act :- | |||
| Other Offences | Nil | Nil | |
| Total | 9 | 7 | |