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 East Ham]
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DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars. | Number of defects. | Number of offences in respect to which prosecutions were instituted. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) |
Nuisances under the Public Health A cts :—1 | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 20 | 15 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 2 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 28 | 25 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
Insufficient | 3 | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 21 | 14 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop A cts : | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — |
Other offences | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | ||||
Total | 84 | 63 | 1 | — |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.