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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
East Ham 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
for the Borough of East Ham
on the administration of the Factory & WorkshopAct, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces & Homework.
Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 37 | 1 |
| 237 | 16 | |
| 5 | - | |
| 125 | 2 | |
| 404 | 19 | |
| Premises. | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 47 | 47 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | ||
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Nuisances | 54 | 54 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | |
| unsuitable | 2 | 2 | ||
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 2 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(s.lOl) | - | - | ||
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | - | - | ||
| Failure as regards lists of outworkers (s. 107). | - | - | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (s. 108 | - | - | |
| infected (s. 110) | - | - | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox (s. 109) | - | - | ||
| Other Offences | - | - | ||
| Total | 119 | 118 | ||