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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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8 Non-Mechanical Factories were discontinued and 71 Mechanical
Factories were also found to have been discontinued. There
were 82 new factories started in 1951, (mechanical) and 3 new
non-mechanical Factories.

Table: Cases in which defects were found

Cases in which defects were found

ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNo. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
PoundRemediedReferred
To H. m. Inspectorby h.m. Inspector
Want of cleanliness (S.1).1110
Overcrowding (S. 2).
Unreasonable Temperature (S. 3).
Inadequate Ventilation (S. 4).
Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6).11
Sanitary conveniences (S.7).
(a) insufficient422
(b) Unsuitable or defective80738
(c) Not separate for sexes
Other offences (not including offences relating to Outwork)
Total968610

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NOTE 10 cases in which defects were found were outstanding at the end of the year.
Outworkers (Section 110 and in)
Regular visits are made by the Sanitary Inspectors to the
homes of persons notified to the Department as outworkers. It
It has been found that the home conditions are generally satisfactory
and that the cleanliness in
such homes is usually above
average,