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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &c.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 708 | 115 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4039 | 1095 | 10 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 158 | 40 | 1 |
| Total | 4905 | 1250 | 12 |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 420 | 452 | 1 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 11 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 847 | 830 | ... | 11 |
| Sanitary occommodation— insufficient | 19 | 22 | ... | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 688 | 706 | ... | 8 |
| not separate for sexes . | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 2000 | 2035 | 21 | |