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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 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Keterred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 19 | 20 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 11 | 9 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 33 | 32 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| 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) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences(Excluding offences relating to outwork, which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 7 | 7 | 5 | - | |
| Total | 81 | 78 | 5 | - | |
Column (2) in the above table gives the number of defects found,
and column (3) the number remedied during the year. The corresponding
figures in the two columns are not identical, because in the case
of some of the defects discovered near the end of the year, the work
necessary to remedy the defects had not been completed, while on the
other hand defects which had been found in 1913 were remedied in 1914.