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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
Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904]
SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURN.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories | 290 | 40 | 1 |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 5,183 | 262 | .. |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 1,030 | 82 | .. |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 960 | 9 | .. |
| Total | 7,463 | 393 | 1 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 427 | 423 | 4 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 7 . | 7 | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 488 | 488 | .. | .. | ||
| insufficient | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | ||
| †Sanitary Accommodation | unsuitable or defective | 208 | 208 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 9 | 9 | .. | 1 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Giving out work to be done | unwholesome (S. 108) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| in premises which are | infected (S. 110) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox (S. 109) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 1,158 | 1,154 | 4 | 1 | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts,
† For districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been
adopted by the District Council; and if so, what standard of efficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for
persons employed in factories and workshop! has been enforced.