Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Pprticulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Referred to Remedied. H.M. Inspector. | |||
Want of cleanliness | 169 | 169 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 56 | 58 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 83 | 83 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 8 | 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 | 334 | 333 | — | 1 |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.