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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
Acton 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectur. | |||
| 18 | 18 | - | - | ||
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 31 | 31 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 59 | 59 | — | — | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 48 | 48 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (s. 107) | 13 | 13 | — | — | |
| 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 small-pox (s. 109) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 190 | 190 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.
t Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted
by the Council. Sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons
employed in factories and workshops is the same standard as that provided under the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.