London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in
connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES & HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Prose-cutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (Including Factor Laundries) | 206 | 23 | - |
| workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,958 | 1.268 | - |
| workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises (Included in Part 3 of this Report) | 868 | 29 | - |
| Total | 6,032 | 1,320 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. __ | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspctor. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 850 | 850 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 50 | 50 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | — • | — |
| Other nuisances | 1,116 | 1,116 | — | — |
| Sanitary (insufficient unsuitable or defective accommodation not separate for sexes | 19 | 19 | — | — |
| 726 | 726 | _ | — | |
| 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bake-house (s. 101) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Bieach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouset (ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | - | — |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of Report) | - | - | _ | - |
| 2,780 | 2,780 | - | — | |