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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
Mitcham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 13 | 13 | |||
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | ... | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | |||
| Other nuisances | 20 | 20 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 10 | 10 | |||
| not separate for sexes | 5 | 5 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (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 | 49 | 49 | Nil | Nil | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.