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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 1929
[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 | 443 | 7 | ... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 139 | 3 | ... |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 110 | ... | ... |
| Total | 692 | 10 | ... |
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 Acts1:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 17 | 16 | 1 | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors Other Nuisances | 6 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Offences 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.) | ||||
| Total | 32 | 26 | 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.