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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
East Ham 1931
[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.