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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
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) | 781 | 25 | ... |
| "Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 404 | 29 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' prem- | 77 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 1,262 | 57 | 1 |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| 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 | 84 | 84 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 19 | 19 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 95 | 94 | ... | 1 |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 28 | 27 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and W orkshop Acts: Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Offences | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Towers) Order, 1921.) | ||||
| Total | 265 | 263 | 5 | 2 |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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