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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 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919
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Of the domestic workshops, females alone were employed in
19, and both males and females in 13.
64
In 24 factories the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable or insufficient:—
| Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsuitable or defective w.c.'s | 21 | 21 | 1 | |
| Insufficient w.c.'s | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
* One outstanding from 1918 was abated, and one 1919 case is carried
forward.
Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1919, was 1,008, an increase of 21 on the number
registered at the end of 1918. Of this total, 697 were workshops
in which females were employed. Of these latter, 459 were workshops
in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or
prepared for sale, etc., 206 in which other articles were manufactured,
etc., and 32 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops in which wearing apparel is manufactured,
there were 306 in which females alone and 153 in which
both males and females were employed.
In workshops of other occupations, there were 118 in which
females alone, and 88 in which both males and females were
employed.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901,
Factories.—During the year, 164 factories were inspected by
the officers of the Public Health Department, 1 being a factorylaundry,
and 163 factories in which articles of clothing, etc. were
made and altered.