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 af Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 121 | 118 | - | 1 |
Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | - | - |
Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 165 | 163 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 6 | 7 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 135 | 133 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 13 | 13 | — | — |
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) | - | - | 50 | - |
Total | 449 | 443 | 50 | 2 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts,