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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 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 70 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 60 | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 8 | ||||
| Other | .. | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— Certificates granted during the year | .. | ||||
| In use at the end of the year | 49 | ||||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||||
| Lists. | Outworkers | ||||
| Lists received | 447 | 3366 | |||
| Addresses of Outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 1,619 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 2,138 | ||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 106) | .. | .. | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | .. | .. | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | .. | .. | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1905 | 1,000 | ||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | |||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | .. | ||||
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