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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The following table shows the work carried out during the year under this Act.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | w | (5) | (6) | (7) | |||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities. | 59 | 181 | 15 | Nil | |||||
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 798 | 1,050 | 23 | Nil | |||||
| TOTAL | 857 | 1,231 | 38 | Nil | |||||
| Number of cases in which defects | Number of eases in which prosecutions were instituted. | ||||||||
| were found Referred | |||||||||
| Particulars | Found | Remedied | To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 15 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| Overcrowding (S.2) | |||||||||
| Unreasonable temperature (S3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 18 | 18 | 8 | ||||||
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | |||||||||
| Sanitary Convenience (S.7) | |||||||||
| (a) insufficient | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 23 | 23 | 20 | ||||||
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other offences against the Act | |||||||||
| (not including offences relating | |||||||||
| to Outwork) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||
| TOTAL | 63 | 63 | 35 | ||||||