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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Brought forward | 1,693 |
Ventilation under floors improved | 2 |
Cases of over-crowding abated | 1 |
Accumulations of refuse, etc., removed | 29 |
Rat complaints, action taken and nuisance abated | 13 |
Nuisances from animals abated | 3 |
Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 50 |
Total | 1,791 |
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The statement of inspections made and action taken required
by the Home Office is appended.
Outworkers.—List of Outworkers are prepared in February
and August from names submitted by the employers. At the
latter date there were 330 persons registered as doing outwork in
their homes in Stoke Newington, of which number only 18 worked
for firms in Stoke Newington. These latter firms also employed
74 other persons living and working in other boroughs.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 52 | 13 | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 120 | 20 | Nil |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 30 | 5 | — |
Total | 202 | 38 | Nil |