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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 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1906
SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURN.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES. WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 329 | 55 | .. |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 1977 | 226 | .. |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 257 | 82 | .. |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) Miscellaneous Re-Inspections | 2982 | .. | .. |
| Total | 5545 | 363 | None. |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 414 | 480 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 10 | 1 | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 30 | 34 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 386 | 350 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 30 | 30 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable, defective or foul | 184 | 163 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offence relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 1058 | 1075 | 1 | None. | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Acts as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.