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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE VI. Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES & HOMEWORK. I.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 231 | 35 | – |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,592 | 943 | – |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1,200 | 86 | – |
| 6,023 | 1,064 | – | |
| Total | |||
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspctor. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 467 | 467 | – | – | |
| Want of ventilation | 27 | 27 | – | – | |
| Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | – | – | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| Other nuisances | 855 | 855 | – | – | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 19 | 19 | – | – |
| unsuitable or defective | 451 | 451 | – | – | |
| not separate for sexes | 14 | 14 | – | – | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,842 | 1,842 | – | – | |