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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &c.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 989 | 183 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3933 | 1074 | 4 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 179 | 54 | |
| Total | 5101 | 1311 | 4 |
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 381 | 388 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 5 | 4 | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 852 | 807 | 6 | |
| Sanitary accommodation— insufficient | 16 | 14 | ... | |
| unsuitable or defective | 840 | 852 | ... | ... |
| not separate for sexes | 6 | 7 | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 2100 | 2072 | 7 | |