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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1911 there were on the Register 225
factories, workshops, and work-places.
1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS
AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Samtary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions. | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 37 | ... | ... |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 172 | 47 | ... |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 16 | ... | ... |
Total | 225 | 47 | Nil |
2—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | |
Want of Ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 36 | 36 | ... | ... | |
not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 74 | 74 | Nil | Nil |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshops Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.