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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
Kingston upon Thames 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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II.—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. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*— | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 5 | 4 | – | – | |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | – | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | – | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | – | |
| Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | — | – | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | — | – | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | – | – | – | – | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Offences under 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 | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| Total | 12 | 11 | – | – | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
III.—OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES,
SECTION 108.
No action was found to be necessary in connection with the
above