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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 46.
Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of defects. | Number of offences in respect to which prosecutions were instituted. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | - |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | — | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | - | - |
| 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 & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | - | |||
| Total | 11 | 11 | - | - |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7and 8of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.