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 1925
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, ETC.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 194 | 34 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2174 | 646 | 7 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 22 | 5 | |
| Total | 2390 | 685 | 7 |
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prose-cutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Reme-died | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 302 | 268 | .. | 5 |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 8 | .. | .. |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Other nuisances | 444 | 412 | .. | 14 |
| Sanitary accommodation— insufficient | 12 | 12 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 137 | 128 | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | .. | .. |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Breach of special sanitary require-mentsforbakehouses(ss.97 to l00) | 42 | 41 | .. | 1 |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | 30 | 27 | .. | .. |
| Total | 958 | 909 | 26 | |