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 Southgate]
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II.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 26 | 26 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodations— | ||||
Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Failure as regards list of outworkers (s. 107) | — | — | — | — |
Giving out work in premises which are— Unwholesome (s. 108) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Infected (s. 110) | — | — | — | — |
Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (s. 109) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Other offences | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 38 | 38 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory Act, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts. Section 22 of the Public Health Act Amendment Act, 1890, was
adopted in 1890.