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 Sutton and Cheam]
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Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors for purposes of provisions as to health.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notions. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories with Mechanical Power | 162 | 51 | — |
Factories without Mechanical Power | 185 | 48 | — |
Other Premises (other than Outworkers' premises) | — | — | — |
Total | 347 | 99 | — |
2.
Particulars. | Number of defects. | Number of defects in respect to which prosecutions were instituted. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | lief erred to H.M Inspector | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) |
Want of Cleanliness | 44 | 40 | - | - |
Inadequate Ventilation | 1 | - | - | - |
Overcrowding | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable Temperature | - | - | - | - |
Ineffective Drainage of Floors | - | - | - | - |
Absence of Thermometers | 21 | 15 | - | - |
Absence of suitable lighting in W.C. apartments | 27 | 21 | - | - |
Other Nuisances | 36 | 28 | - | - |
Sanitary accommodation- | ||||
(a) Insufficient | 3 | - | - | - |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | - | - |
(c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - |
134 | 100 | - | - |