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 1932
[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. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 573 | ... | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 214 | 6 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' prem- ises) | 207 | 4 | ... |
| Total | 994 | 10 | ... |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Delects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts* : — | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 14 | 14 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 21 | 21 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | ||||
| Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts : | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Other Offences | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
| (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 | 47 | 47 | 4 | |
* 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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