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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1905]
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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 (Including Factory Laundries) | 365 | 24 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4976 | 250 | .. |
| Workplaces | 536 | 20 | .. |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 1229 | 30 | .. |
| Miscellaneous Re-Inspections | 808 | .. | .. |
| Total | 7914 | 324 | .. |
2—DEFECTS FOUND
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 558 | 505 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 334 | 327 | .. | .. | ||
| insufficient | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation | unsuitable or defective | 115 | 106 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| 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) | 47 | 47 | .. | .. | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 108) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| infected (S. 110) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox (S. 109) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 1107 | 1038 | .. | .. | ||
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.