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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 1936
[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. | |||
| 18 | 9 | — | — | ||
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 21 | 8 | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 15 | 7 | — | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| Other Offences — (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Section mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health [Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers] Order, 1921) | 10 | 7 | — | — | |
| Total | 65 | 32 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in section 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.