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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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2.—Defects Found In Factories, Workshops And Workplaces
| Particulars | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | No. of Offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | —_ | — |
| Other nuisances | 14 | 14 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| No artificial light in women's W.C. | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of under ground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | —_ | — |
| (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 | 48 | 48 | — | — |