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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

Stoke Newington 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: 2.- DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

2.- DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

(1).(2).(3).(4).(5).
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:-
Want of cleanliness66--
Want of ventilation22--
Overcrowding---
Want of drainage of floors----
Other nuisances88--
Sanitary accommodation Insufficient----
Unsuitable or defective1313--
Not separate for sexes----
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:- Illegal occupation of under
ground bakehouse (S. 101]----
Other offences444-
(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:33334-