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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 5 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
| Particulars | No. of Cases In which Defects were found | No. of cases in which prosecutions wereinstituted | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||||||||||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Inadequate ventilation | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Sanitary conveniences | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Insufficient | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 68 | 95 | 1 | 22 | - | |||||||||||||||
| (c) Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Other offences against the Acts (not including offences relating to outwork) | 95 | 96 | 2 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 189 | 209 | 5 | 25 | - | |||||||||||||||