London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories— Including Factory Laundries | 147 | 11 | |
| Workshops- Including Workshop Laundries | 124 | 11 | |
| Workplaces— Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 5 of this Report | |||
| 271 | 22 | ||
2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 29 | 29 | |
| „ Ventilation | 1 | 1 | |
| Overcrowding | |||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | |||
| Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | |
| Not separate for sexes | |||
| Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (S. 101) | |||
| Other Offences— | |||
| Excluding offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 5 of this Report | |||
| 36 | 36 | ||