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East Ham 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPSAND

WORKPLACES.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (including Factory Laundries)282
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)1535
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises)
1817

2.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS

AND WORKPLACES.

ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to H M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness65
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors22
Other Nuisances2120
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient11
unsuitable or defective
not separate for sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921)
Total3028

* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 3 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.