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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
Hackney 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 310 | 70 | 4 | |||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,387 | 532 | 6 | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 11 | 8 | ... | |||
| Total | 2,708 | 610 | 10 | |||
| 2.— DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 263 | 259 | ... | 3 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 34 | 27 | ... | ... | ||
| Overcrowding | 18 | 14 | 1 | ... | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Other nuisances | 98 | 104 | ... | 1 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 136 | 137 | ... | 4 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 13 | 15 | ... | 3 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 28 | 28 | ... | ... | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 593 | 588 | 1 | 11 | ||
including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshops Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.