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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 92 | 6 | ... |
| Workshops | 51 | 3 | |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 97 | 10 | ... |
| Total | 240 | 19 | ... |
2.— Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. (6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts1 :— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 25 | 19 | 2 | ... |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other Nuisances | 12 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 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 out work and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Sehedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) order.1921.) | ||||
| Total | 47 | 35 | 2 | ... |
* 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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