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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H. M. Ins. | ||
| * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 31 | 31 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 41 | 41 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Unscreened 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 99 | 99 | — | — |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
(3) Home Work.
Six notices were issued to the occupiers of premises in the district where
outworkers are employed, who supplied lists twice during the year of 14 workpeople
engaged on making wearing apparel, etc., in their homes.