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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
Hackney 1915
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915
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laundries and 107 factories in which articles of clothing, &c., were
made and altered.
In 18 factories the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable or insufficient:—
| Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsuitableor Defective w.c.'s | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Insufficient „ | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| Not separate for the sexes. | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1915 was 1,086, an increase of 12 on the number
registered at the end of 1914. Of this total, 801 were workshops in
which females were employed. Of these latter, 568 were workshops
in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or
prepared for sale, &c., 205 in which other articles were manufactured,
&c., and 28 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops manufacturing wearing apparel, there
were 410 employing females alone, and 158 employing both males
and females.
In workshops of other occupations, there were 127 employing
females alone, and 78 employing both males and females.
Of the domestic workshops, females alone were employed in
16 and both males and females in 12.
During the year notices and complaints were received from
H.M. Inspectors of Factories, as follows:—
Complaints Factories 11
„ Workshops 14
Notices „ 187