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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(b) NOTICES SERVED.
| Informal Notices | 925 |
| Statutory Notices:- Public Health Act, 1936 :- Section 39 | 6 |
| Section 45 | 28 |
| Section 83 | 8 |
| Section 93 | 239 |
| Housing Act, 1936 :- Sections 9 & 10 | 40 |
| Section 24 | 2 |
| Section 32 | 1 |
| 324 |
(c) FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
(1) Inspections (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. . | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 70 | — | — | — |
| Workplaces | 73 | 7 | — | — |
| Totals | 143 | 7 | — | — |
(2) Defects found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| +Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :-Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | — | — |
4- Including those specified in Sections of the Factories
Act, 1937, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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