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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARS | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Want of Cleanliness | 29 | 24 | - | - | |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | |
Want of Drainage of Floors | - | - | - | - | |
Other Nuisances | 36 | 35 | - | - | |
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
Not Separate for Sexes | - | - | - | - | |
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bake house (sec. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
Other Offences (excluding offences relating to outwork) | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 80 | 74 | - | 1 |
The number of inspections made to Home Workers' Dwellings
was 107. Certain insanitary conditions, but not of such degree as to
merit the term "unwholesome," were found, either as a result of
these visits or previous inspections, in one instance, notice was served
and the conditions remedied.