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 Dagenham]
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Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | W ritten Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
Factories without mechanical power | 33 | 39 | 1 | - |
Factories with mechanical power | 108 | 176 | - | |
Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 37 | 54 | 4 | - |
TOTAL | 178 | 269 | 7 | — |
No. of defects | No. of prosecutions instituted | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences:— | |||||
Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | - | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 6 | 7 | — | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
Other offences | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
TOTAL | 12 | 12 | — | 1 | — |
Outwork
No. of out-workers in August list 32
Nature of work Making, etc., wearing apparel.