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 Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecu tions. | ||
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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. |