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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 1907
[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 1907
for the Borough of East Ham
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces & Homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary lnspec???s.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| 68 | 1 | — | |
| 315 | 15 | — | |
| 1 | — | — | |
| 384 | 16 | — | |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 27 | 27 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 31 | 31 | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(s.lOl) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 87 | 87 | — | — | |