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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 840 | 21 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 293 | 17 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 161 | 6 | |
| Total | 1,294 | 44 | |
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Delects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred, to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts* : — | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 87 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 5 | ||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Nuisances | 41 | 41 | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | |||
| Unsuitable or defective... | 29 | 28 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts : | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Other Offences | 3 | 3 | ||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under tlie Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Towers) Order, 1921.) | ||||
| Total | 167 | |||
* 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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