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 Barking]
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2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred H.M.Ins. | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation:— Insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 7 | 7 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S.101) | — | — | — | — |
Other offences | 2 | 2 | — | — |
(Excluding offences relat | ||||
ing to outwork and offen | ||||
ces under the Sections | ||||
mentioned in the Sche | ||||
dule to the Ministry of | ||||
Health (Factories and | ||||
Workshops Transfer of | ||||
Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
Total | 25 | 25 | — | — |