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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecu tions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 136 | 136 | ||
| Want of V entilation | 6 | 6 | ||
| Overcrowding | 13 | 13 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||
| Other nuisances | 634 | 634 | ||
| Sanitary accommodations insufficient unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 303 4 | 303 4 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | ||||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome (S 108) infected (S. 110) | ||||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109) | ||||
| Other offences | ||||
| Totals | 1096 | 1096 | ||
| .Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8, of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||