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,
DURING THE YEAR 1910.
1. — I nspection.
Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. | Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 440 | 28 | - |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses.) | 3182 | 297 | - |
Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 712 | 81 | - |
Total | 4334 | 406 | - |
2.—Dejects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | cf Prosecutions. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Want of cleanliness | 248 | 248 | 1 | — | |
Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
Want of drainage | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 8 | 8 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 55 | 55 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
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 | 343 | 343 | 1 | — | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. |