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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
Barking 1928
[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 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Unscreened for Sexes | — | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acta:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S.101) | — | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS.97 to 100) | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 42 | 42 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory
and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
HOME WORK.
Four notices were issued to the occupiers of premises in the
district where outworkers are employed, who supplied lists twice
during the year of six contractors and 24 workpeople engaged on
making wearing apparel in their homes.