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 1920
Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 142 | 20 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3,916 | 851 | 6 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 13 | 1 | .. |
| Total | 4,071 | 872 | 6 |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspctr. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 365 | 361 | .. | .. | |
| Want of Ventilation | 24 | 24 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 1,047 | 1,042 | .. | 5 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 22 | 20 | .. | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 345 | 345 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 15 | 13 | .. | .. | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 48 | 48 | .. | 2 | |
| Other offences | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 1,883 | 1,870 | .. | 8 | |