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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
Friern Barnet 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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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 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Nuisances | ||||
| t Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | |||
| Unsuitable or Defective | ||||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ||||
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 6 | 5 | ||
" Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
† For districts not in London state here whether section 22 of the Public
Health Acts Amendment Act. 1890, has been adopted by the District Council;
and if so what standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation
for persons employed in factories and workshops has been enforced.