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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
Lambeth 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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2. Defects Pound
| Particulars | Number of defects | Referred by H. M. inspector | No. of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H. M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Want of cleanliness (&1) | 12 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | |||||
| Unreasonable Temperature (S. 3) | |||||
| Inadequate Ventilation (S. 4) | |||||
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sanitary | |||||
| Conveniences (S. 7) | |||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective J | 5 | 5 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937. ) | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | |