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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
Shoreditch 1911
[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 1911.
1.— I nspection.
Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 298 | 25 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses.) | 2862 | 252 | - |
| Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 558 | 79 | - |
| Total | 3718 | 356 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 193 | 193 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Want ot drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 52 | 52 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 56 | 56 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach ot 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.) | — | — | — | — | |
| 322 | 322 | — | — | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.