PERSONAL HYGIENE

Vulnerable age

Related hazards

Persons aged under 5 years

Ergonomics

A) Shower room with w.c.

A) Detail of whb discharge

DESCRIPTION OF HAZARDS

Dwelling:

HHSRS VERSION 2

Multiple locations

Yes

No

Secondary hazards

Yes

No

Front elevation

Rear elevation

Ground floor bedsit, in 1910 detached house.

A)

Background: This is a large two-storey, Edwardian detached house, converted to four bedsits and

one self-contained ground floor flat entered from a separate entrance at the rear. The four bedsits

share a kitchen on the ground floor and a single combined shower room and w.c. compartment on

the first floor. It is the ground floor front bedsit which is being assessed.

Shower room: The facilities provided in this room are a w.c, with low level cistern, a wash hand

basin and a shower. There is no supply of either hot or cold water to the wash hand basin, this

being filled by using the shower head which is detachable and has a flexible hose.

There is an an

electric instantaneous heater serving the shower head. The waste to the basin and overflow to the

w.c. cistern both discharge into the shower tray.

LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS

LIKELIHOOD & OUTCOMES

A

A

a

Bath or showers

3

n

Effective flush

-

b

Wash hand basins

3

o

Macerator defects

-

c

Hot & cold water supply

-

p

Earth closet defects

-

d

Kitchen sink

2

q

Seat/lid to closet

-

e

Clothes drying facilities

2

r

Ventilation

-

f

Disrepair to facilities

2

s

Unhygienic compartment

-

g

Inadequate lighting

-

t

Inadequate lighting

-

h

Shared facilities

3

u

Door to compartment

-

i

Sewage system

-

v

Adjacent washbasin

-

j-k Sanitary provision & siting

-

l

Disrepair of sanitary closet

-

Key

3

Seriously defective

1 Not satisfactory

m

Water to wc

-

2

Defective

- Satisfactory/NA

HHSRS VERSION 2

SEPTEMBER 2004

Av: 2

J

Likelihood to

1 in 320

Outcomes to

0

2.2 21.5 76.3 %

Resiting the wash hand basin to a more easily accessible location in the shower room

and providing it with a separate hot and cold water supply would reduce the likelihood of

infection. While facilities are shared, the likelihood will remain above average. (The

obvious management problems are outside the scope of the HHSRS.)

Improved

A B C D E F G H

I

Average likelihood, outcomes and HHSRS score for inadequate provision for personal

hygiene for persons under 5 years in pre 1920 HMOs & all dwellings.

Score:

29

HHSRS VERSION 2

SEPTEMBER 2004

HEALTH AND SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SCORES

Pre 1920 Non s.c. Flat

1 in

2

LIKELIHOOD

Low

High

Average: 5,760

Example

2

< 4200 2400 1300 750 420 240 130

75

42

24

13

7.5

4

2.5

1.5 >

Justification

OUTCOMES

Class I

Class II

Class III

Class IV

Justification

RATING

The lack of taps to the whb, the location of the basin largely over the shower tray, and

the state of the basin all discourage hand washing after using the wc, so significantly

increasing the risk of infection. The state of the shower also discourages maintenance

of personal hygiene. The room is inconvenient for the ground floor bedsits who may thus

use the sink for washing. As all amenities are shared, the risk of spreading infection is

increased. Overall, the likelihood of an occurrence is increased substantially for each of

the dwellings.

%

Average: 0.0

0.0

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 2.0

2.2

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 22.0

21.5

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 76.0

76.3

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

0.0

2.2

21.5

76.3

Although the inadequate provision for person hygiene in this HMO presents a likelihhood

of serious infection which is significantly higher than average for all dwellings, the

resulting spread of harms is not changed.

Average: 2

I

J

Example

A B+ C D E F G H

4706

Score

RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT

IMPROVE

Justification

NEW RATING

Av: Nos