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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
Walthamstow 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 29 | 29 | — | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 30 | 30 | — | — | ||
| †Sanitary accommodations | insufficient | — | — | — | — | |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | ||
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | _ | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 138) | — | — | — | — | |
| infected (S. 110) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 66 | 66 | — | — | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3. 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.
† For districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1890, has been adopted by the District Council; and if so what standard of sufficiency
and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and workshops has
been enforced.