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 | 122 | 117 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 17 | 16 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 15 | 15 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 79 | 71 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 20 | 20 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 109 | 121 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | — |
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 | 380 | 378 | — | 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.