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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 186 | 5 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 115 | 7 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 105 | 8 | ... |
| Total | 406 | 20 | ... |
| Particulars. | Number of Delects. | Number of offences in respect of 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 | 11 | 7 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Nuisances | 16 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 6 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 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 Work-shops Transfer of Powers) Order. 1921.) | ||||
| Total | 33 | 24 | ... | ... |
* 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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