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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
Battersea 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 135 | 135 | Nil | Nil. | |
| Want of Ventilation | 8 | 8 | |||
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | |||
| Other Nuisances | 241 | 241 | |||
| Sanitaryaccommodations | Insufficient | 12 | 12 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 91 | 91 | |||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 8 | 8 | |||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (sec. 101) | — | — | |||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (sees.97 to 100) | 73 | 73 | |||
| Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (sec. 107) | 17 | 17 | |||
| Giving out work to to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome(sec, 108) | — | — | ||
| Infected (sec. 110) | — | — | |||
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Smallpox (sec. 109) | — | — | |||
| Other Offences | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 594 | 593 | 1 | — | |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.