London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Tottenham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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2.— Defects Found.

ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of Cleanliness4444......
Want of ventilation11......
Overcrowding............
Want of drainage of floors33......
Other nuisances22......
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient66......
unsuitable or defective1010......
not separate for sexes11......
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)............
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)............
Total6767......
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.