London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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2. Cases in which defects were found:-
| Particulars | Defects | Referred | Number of cases in which pro-secutions were instituted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | To H.M. Inspector | By H,M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 6 | - | 7 | - | |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective draining of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7) | |||||
| (a) Insufficient | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 67 | 65 | - | 46 | - |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outrork) | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 80 | 75 | - | 56 | - |
3. Outwork
| Nature of work | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| leaking, etc. Wearing cleaning and apparel washing | 710 | - | - | - | - | - |
| household linen | 101 | - | - | - | - | |
| Furniture and Upholstery | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fur Pulling | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artificial flowers | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper bags | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 295 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brush making | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Carding, etc. of buttons etc. | 39 | _ | - | - | - | - |
| Stuffed toys | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chocolates and sweetmeats (wrapping) | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc. | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 1,356 | - | - | - | - | - |