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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
Bethnal Green 1909
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. 1.—INSPECTIONS. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions, | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 169 | 22 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 5156 | 1047 | ... |
| Workplaces | 1331 | 76 | ... |
| Total | 6656 | 1145 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects, | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 512 | 512 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Ventilation | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Nuisances | 493 | 493 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 10 | 10 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 95 | 95 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences Including offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3, and excluding absence of abstract, see Part 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Total | 1130 | 1129 | 1 | ... | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.