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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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, IAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
1.-INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 47 | 5 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,969 | 280 | ... |
| Workplaces | 8 | 1 | ... |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 798 | 406 | ... |
| Total | 2,822 | 692 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars, | Number of defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 350 | 268 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 62 | 29 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 27 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 7 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 480 | 257 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodations:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 144 | 52 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | Feb., 35 | ... | ... | Feb., 2 |
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | Aug., 140 | ... | ... | Aug., none |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are— | ||||
| Unwholesome (S. 103) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Infected | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | ... | ... | ... | ... |