London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chingford 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories with mechanical power Factories without mechanical | 34 | 2 | — |
| power | — | — | — |
| *Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | - | - | - |
| *Electrical Stations should be reckoned as factories. | |||
| TOTAL | 34 | 2 | — |
2.—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | No. of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | — | — | — | - | |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | |
| Unreasonable (S.3) | temperature | - | - | - | |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) Ineffective drainage of | - | - | - | - | |
| floors (S.6) | — | — | — | - | |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | — | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | - | |
| (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Fac tories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937). | |||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | — | - | |