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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
Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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B.—MATTERS DEALT WITH.
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Notified to Home Office. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 386 | 10 | 396 | — | 396 | 3 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 11 | 3 | 14 | — | 14 | — | ||
| Want of Air Space: Overcrowding | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | 7 | — | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation | Absent or Insufficient | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | — | |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 139 | 4 | 143 | — | 143 | — | ||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | ||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Other Nuisances | 307 | 4 | 311 | — | 311 | 2 | ||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Breach ol Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | 11 | — | 8 | — | — | — | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome (s. 108) | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Infected (s. 110) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 872 | 23 | 892 | — | 883 | 8 | ||