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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
Bethnal Green 1905
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905
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3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 133) | 53 | |||||
| Action taken in matters referredby H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 18 | ||||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 18 | |||||
| In use at end of 1904 | 28 | |||||
| Certificates granted | in 1904 | 18 | ||||
| in 1905 | — | |||||
| In use at the end of 1905 (this number includes one wholesale bakehouse) | 28 | |||||
| Homework:— | Number of | |||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||
| 75 | 1095 | |||||
| Lists received | ||||||
| Addresses of Outworkers | forwarded to other authorities | 467 | ||||
| received from other authorities | 1427 | |||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) | ||||||
| — | — | |||||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 9 | 3 | ||||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S.110) | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Workshop laundries | 32 | ||||
| Retail bakehouses | 90 | |||||
| Workshop bakehouse | 1 | |||||
| Other workshops | 1390 | |||||
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 1513 | |||||