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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
Stoke Newington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS
AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. 1 | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions 4 | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 42 | ... | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 190 | 62 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 16 | ... | ... |
| Total | 248 | 62 | 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 | 26 | 26 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 37 | 37 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable ordefective | 33 | 33 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Offences | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 106 | 106 | 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.