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 Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | *411 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— (a) by owners | 350 (approx.) |
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | — |
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 1,613 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied— (a) by owners ... ... | 1,403 |
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(C) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925— (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | — |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | — |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | — |
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | — |
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | — |
* Informal notices.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
1929.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
Factories (including factory laundries) | 951 | — | — |
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1,716 | — | — |
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 219 | — | — |
Total | 2,886 | — | — |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
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Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Want of cleanliness | 97 | 93 | — | — | |
Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 27 | 25 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 15 | 15 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
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.) | |||||
Total | 145 | 139 | — | — |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.