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 Shoreditch]
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BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection.
Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (Including Factory Lauodries.) | 71 | 9 | - |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 3711 | 361 | - |
Workplaces (Including Bakehouses and excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 623 | 107 | - |
Total | 4405 | 477 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | dumber of Trosecu-t.oriSt (5) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector (4) | |||
Want of cleanliness | 470 | 470 | — | — | |
Want of Ventilation | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 39 | 39 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 64 | 64 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes.. | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
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 | 589 | 589 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 ol the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.