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East Ham 1918

[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 1918,
for the County 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.

PREMISESNumber of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)58
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)165
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.)
Total223

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.

PARTICULARS.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisanccs under the Public Health Acts :—
Want of cleanliness88
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of. drainage of floors
Other Nuisances77
Sanitary accommodation (i w.c. required for 25 persons)insufficient22
unsuitable or defective
not separate for sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses(s.lOl)—1
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.)
Total1717