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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
Mitcham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of Prosecutions | ||
| JNuisances under the Public Health, Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 4 | 4 | |||
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | ... | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ||||
| Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 35 | 35 | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | |||
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | |||
| Other offences | ... | ... | |||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | |||||
| Total | 44 | 44 | Nil | Nil | |
| *Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||