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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, 1937. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| (1) | |||
| (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 138 | 9 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 53 | 2 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 9 | 1 | - |
| Total | 200 | 12 | — |
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) | (5) |
| 44 | 30 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | — |
| Other nuisances Sanitary accommodation— | 21 | 15 | - | — |
| Insufficient | 3 | 1 | - | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 7 | 4 | - | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | — |
| (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 | 78 | 53 | - | - |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.