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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table VII.
Defects in factories, workshops and workplaces. 1937.
| Particulars. | No. of defects | No. of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 50 | 56 | 1 | - |
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | — | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | — | - |
| Other nuisances | 34 | 28 | 1 | - |
| Sanitary accommodation: | ||||
| (a) insufficient | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 21 | 11 | — | - |
| (c) not separate for sexes | — | — | — | - |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (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 | 116 | 106 | 3 | - |
* 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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