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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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[Form 572.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND
HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 406 | 55 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3,032 | 998 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 186 | 29 | |
| Total | 3,624 | 1,082 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 402 | 402 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 51 | 51 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 411 | 411 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | 'insufficient | 14 | 14 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 184 | 184 | ... | ... | |
| ,not separate for sexes | 25 | 25 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 4 | "4 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 1,105 | 1,105 | ... | ... | |
"Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.