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 Hackney]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred t( H.M. Inspector. | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—1 | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 218 | 248 | 1 | |
Want of ventilation | 12 | 19 | ||
Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ||
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Other Nuisances | 55 | 56 | ||
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 18 | 20 | ||
Unsuitable or defective | 99 | 113 | ||
Not separate for sexes | 17 | 23 | ||
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts :— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | ||
Other offences | 3 | 3 | ||
(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 | 420 | 485 | 1 | 1 |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.