London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 152 | 152 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Ventilation | Nil | Nil | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Drainage of floors | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | |||
| Other nuisances | 50 | 50 | ... | ... | |||
| †Sanitary accommodations | Insufficient | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 51 | 43 | ... | ... | |||
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 98 | 98 | ... | ... | |||
| Failure as regard 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 smallpox (S. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 367 | 359 | ... | ... | |||
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.
tFor districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the District Council; and if so what standard of
sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and
workshops has been enforced.