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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK1.—INSPECTIONS.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK

1.—INSPECTIONS.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)21550..
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)4,7411,385..
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises)5918..
Total5,0151,453..
2.-DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars.Number of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—*
Want of cleanliness753753....
Want of ventilation9494....
Overcrowding4242....
Want of drainage of floors77....
Other nuisances293293....
Sanitary Accommodationinsufficient2424....
unsuitable or defective166166....
not separate for sexes1919....
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101)........
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100)7676....
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.)........
Total1,4741,474....
* Including tho3a specified in S3ction3 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Aci, 1901, a. remediable under the Public Health Acts.