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
Tottenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Cases in which defects were found.
| Particulars. | Number of cases in which defects | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| were found. | |||||
| Referred | |||||
| Fo und. | Remedied | To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | _ |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S. 3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | _ | _ | - | - | ___ |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences (s.7): | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| (6) Unsuitable or defective | 52 | 50 | - | 6 | |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences (not including offences relating to Homework) | 12 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Totai.s | 69 | 62 | 2 | 8 | - |
Note. -7 cases in which defects were found were outstanding at the end of
the year.
| Nature of Work | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers isn August lists required by Section 110(i)(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to send lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesonvo premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing Apparel | 408 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Household Linen | 14 | |||||
| Brass and Brass articles | 154 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artificial Flowers | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 147 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carding, etc. of buttons | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toys | 77 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lampshades | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brush manufacture | 9 | |||||
| Feather sorting | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Making, etc. of Xmas Crackers | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Making, etc. of Umbrellas | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 839 | - | - | 1 | - | - |