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
West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors
of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 701 | 31 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 260 | 19 | .. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers'premises) | 281 | 9 | .. |
| Total | 1,242 | 59 | .. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 82 | 80 | 1 | .. |
| Want of ventilation | 5 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Want of drainage of floors | 8 | 8 | .. | .. |
| Other nuisances | 31 | 30 | .. | .. |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Unsuitable or defective | 11 | 11 | .. | .. |
| Not sepatale forsexes | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Oftences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other offences (Excluding offences 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.) | 7 | 7 | .. | .. |
| Total | 145 | 141 | 1 | .. |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.