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.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Ins. | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of cleanliness | 9 | 9 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation:— Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 9 | 9 | — | — |
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) | — | — | — | — |
Total | 26 | 26 | — | — |
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory
and workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.