London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1908
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions, | |
| Factories | 200 | 19 | ... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 4703 | 841 | ... |
| (Including workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 1017 | 47 | ... |
| Total | 5920 | 907 | ... |
2.—OTHER DEFECTS.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Act:- * Want of cleanliness | 355 | 355 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Ventilation | 24 | 24 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other Nuisances | 264 | 264 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 210 | 210 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Bieach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 876 | 768 | 2 | ... | |
* Including those specified In sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.