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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II.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 151 | 158 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 35 | 37 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 81 | 82 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 20 | 22 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 112 | 106 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 11 | 11 | — | — |
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) | 36 | 36 | — | — |
Total | 452 | 458 | — | 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.