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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
Chislehurst 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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APPENDIX 2 (cont.)
2. Cases in which defects were found.
(11 defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more " cases ").
| Particulars. | Number of cases in which defects were found. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred | ||||||
| To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | |||||||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | |||
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| Sanitarv Conveniences (S.7): | ||||||||
| (a) insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | _ | _ | |||
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 | _ | 2 | _ | |||
| (c) not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Other offences (not including offences relating to outwork) | 18 | 18 | 15 | — | — | |||
| Total | 56 | 55 | 16 | 2 | — | |||