Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
68 | 68 | - | - | ||
Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | — | - | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | - | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | - | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 50 | 50 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodations | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
2 | 2 | — | — | ||
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork.) | - | - | - | — | |
Total | 127 | 127 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.