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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 1963
[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 were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 45 | 87 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences:- | |||||
| (a) Insufficient | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 461 | 529 | - | 3 | - |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Acts (not including offences relating to outwork) | 181 | 242 | 4 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 692 | 861 | 7 | 6 | - |
It must be remembered that the totals in columns "defects found"
and "defects remedied" differ because those found towards the end of the year
are not remedied until the early part of the following year. The number of
defects remedied therefore may well be in excess of those found. This is true
of 1963 because at the end of 1962 there was an excess of defects found over
those remedied.