Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Want of cleanliness | 27 | 27 | — | — | |
Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | — | – | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 17 | 17 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 50 | 50 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
Other offences | |||||
(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
Total | 116 | 116 | — | — |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and, 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.