Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903
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TABLE B. MATTERS DEALT WITH.
PARTICULARS. | Number Of Defects. | |||||
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Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | |
Matters under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||
Want of Cleanliness | 140 | 3 | 138 | ... | ||
Want of Ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Want of Air Space : Overcrowding | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ||
Insufficient | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ||
Sanitary Accommodation Unsuitable (S. 38). | 15 | ... | 15 | ... | 209 | |
Not Separate for Sexes | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ||
Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Other Nuisances | 89 | ... | 84 | ... | ||
Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | ||||||
Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | |
Giving out work to Unwholesome (s. 108) be done in prem- | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
ises which are infected (s. 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Contraventions | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 256 | 3 | 247 | ... | 228 |