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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
Hampstead 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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MATTERS DEALT WITH.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Notices issued. | Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | |||
| Matters under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 49 | — | 49 | — | 16 | — |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | — | 8 | — | 4 | — |
| Want of air-space—Overcrowding | 13 | — | 13 | — | 13 | _ |
| Sanitary Accommodation, s. 38— | ||||||
| Insufficient | 18 | — | 18 | — | 18 | 3 |
| Unsuitable | 21 | — | 21 | — | 16 | — |
| Not separate for the sexes | 12 | — | 12 | — | 10 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 275 | — | 275 | — | 96 | 1 |
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | ||||||
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without certificate | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses, ss. 97-100 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers, s. 107 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are— | ||||||
| Unwholesome, s. 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Infected, s. 110 | — | — | - | - | - | - |
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox, s. 109 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other Contraventions— | ||||||
| Workrooms insufficiently warmed | 14 | - | 11 | 3 | - | - |
| Total | 412 | .. | 409 | 3 | 173 | 4 |