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 | 125 | 124 | – | – |
Want of ventilation | 12 | 15 | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 142 | 138 | – | 4 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 12 | 13 | – | – |
Unsuitable or defective | 64 | 66 | – | – |
Not separate for sexes | 7 | 9 | – | – |
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) | 16 | – | 16 | – |
Total | 382 | 369 | 16 | 4 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.