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
Finsbury 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | RefeTo H.M. Inspector | rredBy H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of Cleanliness (S. 1) | 52 | 41 | 12 | 8 | - |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Unreasonable Temperature (S.3) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 10 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 33 | 27 | - | 14 | - |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 32 | 21 | 23 | 9 | - |
| Total: | 130 | 100 | 35 | 34 | - |
OUTWORKERS;
Many firms arrange for some work to be undertaken as outwork
either under contract by other factories or by homeworkers, and,
in order to check the spread of vermin or infectious disease,
information as to such outwork must be supplied in relation to
certain classes of work. Because smallpox and scarlet fever the
two diseases considered most likely to spread in this way. are no
longer of serious concern, and verminous premises only infrequently
discovered, the supervision of outwork has become of less importance
than heretofore, and no formal action has been required in
any case for many years, though occasionally by arrangement with
the firms concerned, a few articles which might have been in
contact with infectious disease have been disinfected or destroyed.
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