London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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2. DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Ins.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of cleanliness99
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors11
Other nuisances44
Sanitary accommodation:— Insufficient33
Unsuitable or Defective99
Not separate for sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S.101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100)
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included m Part 3 of this Report)
Total2626

Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory
and workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.