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 West Ham]
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Defective wash-house paving | 31 |
„ guttering and stack pipes | 26 |
„ water-closets | 32 |
„ roofs | 57 |
„ flushing apparatus | 26 |
„ window sashes | 35 |
,, floors | 24 |
„ coppers | 20 |
„ doors | 13 |
,, stairs | 13 |
„ water fittings | 12 |
„ sinks and sink waste pipes | 14 |
„ stoves in laundries | 15 |
Overcrowded workrooms | 10 |
Shops without seats for assistants | 10 |
No separate accommodation for sexes | 5 |
Cases of over employment | 2 |
No external ventilation to water-closet | 6 |
Dirty lavatories | 8 |
Insufficient water-closet accommodation | 4 |
Workrooms insufficiently ventilated | 10 |
„ „ warmed | 8 |
Insufficient outlet for steam | 5 |
Noxious fumes from gas irons | 2 |
Total | 1,519 |
Table showing Nuisances dealt with in connection with Factories:—
Dirty walls and ceilings | 25 |
Dirty lavatories | 15 |
No separate accommodation for sexes | 4 |
Insufficient water-closet accommodation | 3 |
Carried forward | 47 |