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 East Ham]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
for the Borough of East Ham
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces & Homework.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 57 | 1 | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 205 | 5 | - |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | - | - | - |
Total | 262 | 6 | - |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
Want of ventilation | 14 | 14 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other Nuisances | 32 | 32 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | - | — | - |
unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(s.101) | — | — | — | — | |
Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 61 | 61 | — | — |