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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 1924

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

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1. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops and

Table: I ncluding I nspections made. by S anitary I nspectors or I nspectors of Nuisances.

I ncluding I nspections made. by S anitary I nspectors or I nspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written NoticesPiosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories47628• •
(Including Factory Laundries) Workshops319281
(Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces8019..
(Other than Out workers'premises)
Total875751

Table: 2 —Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces

2 —Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness155155....
Want of ventilation55....
Overcrowding22....
Want of drainage of floors33....
Other nuisances179178....
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient........
Unsuitable or defective2828..1
Not separate for sexes........
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)........
Other offences........
(Excluding oftrnces relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.)
Total372371..1

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*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.