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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
Fulham 1905
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 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 | 75 | 75 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 9 | 9 | – | – |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 65 | 65 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 14 | 14 | – | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101). | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | 9 | 9 | – | – |
| Failure as regards lists of outworkers (s. 107). | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | – | – | – | |
| Unwholesome (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Infected (s. 110) | – | – | – | – |
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox (s. 109). | – | |||
| Other offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 188 | 188 | – | 1 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 5 of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.