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 | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
Factories without mechanical power | 20 | 27 | 2 | — |
Factories with mechanical power | 148 | 340 | 25 | — |
Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 18 | 26 | 2 | |
TOTAL | 186 | 393 | 29 | — |
No. of defects | No. of Prosecutions instituted | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness | - | - | - | - | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | _ |
Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — | - |
Ineffective draining of | |||||
floors | — | — | — | — | - |
Sanitary Conveniences:— | |||||
Insufficient | 6 | 3 | — | — | - |
Unsuitable or defective | 27 | 27 | — | 4 | - |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | - |
Other Offences | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | — |
TOTAL | 54 | 44 | 8 | 6 | — |
Outwork
No. of out workers in August list 16
Nature of work Making, etc., wearing apparel.