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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 1931
[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.
1.-Inspection of factories, workshops and
workplaces.
Includind Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors
of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factor}' Laundries) | 381 | 2 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 677 | 14 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' prem-ises | 74 | ||
| Total | 1132 | 16 | |
2.—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in rcspect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Referred Remedied, to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public | ||||
| Health Acts1 : — | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 33 | 33 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective. | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | ... | |||
| 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 | 46 | 46 | ... | ... |
* 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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