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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Particular*. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 127 | 125 | – | 1 |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | – | – | – | – |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | – | – | – | – |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 12 | 12 | – | – |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)— | ||||
| Insufficient | 15 | 16 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 34 | 28 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 11 | 10 | – | – |
| Other offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937.) | 154 | 149 | – | – |
| Total | 356 | 343 | – | 1 |
OUTWORKERS.
Important powers for controlling the conditions under which
certain classes of work are done in the homes of workers are given
to the Council by Part VIII of the Act. These powers aim at the
prevention of homework in—
(1) Places which are injurious or dangerous to the health
of the workers themselves, e.g., through overcrowding,
want of ventilation or other sanitary conditions;
(2) In premises where there is dangerous infectious disease.