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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
Deptford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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37
DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARS.
Number of Defects.
Number of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred to
H.M.
Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of Cleanliness
1
1
—
-
Want of Ventilation
—
—
-
-
Overcrowding
—
—
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
—
—
-
-
Other Nuisances
2
2
-
-
Sanitary
Accommodation
Insufficient
1
1
-
-
Unsuitable or defective
4
4
-
-
Not Separate for Sexes
-
-
-
-
Offences under the
Factory and Workshop Act.
-
-
-
-
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse
(sec. 101)
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements
for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100).
-
-
-
-
Other Offences (excluding offences relating
to outwork)
-
-
-
-
Total
8
8
-
-
The number of inspections made to Home Workers' Dwellings
was 101. In no case were insanitary conditions found calling for
action under the Factory and Workshop or Public Health Act.