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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II.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 166 | 147 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 11 | 9 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 11 | 11 | — | - |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | - |
Other Nuisances | 82 | 69 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 12 | 10 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 110 | 100 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 15 | 14 | — | — |
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) | 4 | 4 | - | - |
Total | 411 | 364 | — | 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.