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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 1915
[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 1915,
for the Borough of East Ham,
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces & Homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 58 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 314 | 7 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — |
| Total | 372 | 7 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS. AND WORKPLACES
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | — | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 17 | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation (1 w.c. required for 25 persons) | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 33 | — | — | — | |