London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Stepney 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 99 | 36 | 1 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 5,353 | 1,483 | •• |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 88 | 33 | 1 |
| Total | 5,540 | 1,552 | 2 |
2.-DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. (i) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 937 | 937 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 92 | 92 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 39 | 39 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 267 | 267 | .. | 2 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 18 | 18 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 138 | 138 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 31 | 31 | ..' ' | .. | |
| .. | .. | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bake-house (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 71 | 71 | .. | .. | |
| Other off en es (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 1,605 | 1,605 | .. | 2 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.