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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

West Ham 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Action taken under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.

Action taken under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.

1.- Inspections.Inspections.Notices.
Factories, including Factory Laundries6110
Workshops, including Workshop Laundries10711
Workplaces4—
17221
2. Defects found and remedied in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces under the Public Health Act.
Want of Cleanliness57
Want of Ventilation1
Want of Drainage of Floors2
Other Nuisances82
Sanitary Accommodation insufficient—
Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective10
Overcrowding1
3. Workshops on Register615
4. Other Matters.
Failure to affix Abstract notified to H.M. Inspector5
Action taken in matters notified by H.M. Inspector—
Notified11
Report sent to H.M. Inspector11
Number of Homeworkers' premises inspected250