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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 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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I.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 166 | 41 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,469 | 752 | 5 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 3 | 1 | ... |
| Total | 2,638 | 794 | 5 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 298 | 356 | ... | 5 |
| Want of ventilation | 43 | 41 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 97 | 116 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 0 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 130 | 137 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 10 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 43 | 43 | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | ||||
| Total | 638 | 726 | ... | 5 |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901. as remediable under the Public Health Acts.