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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 1930
[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) | 1066 | 196 | 1 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3895 | 868 | 10 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 173 | 50 | 1 |
| Total | 5134 | 1114 | 12 |
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 345 | 354 | ... | 4 |
| Want of Ventilation | 10 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 773 | 752 | ... | 22 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ... | |||
| insufficient | 13 | 14 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 659 | 676 | ... | 9 |
| not separate for sexes | 14 | 13 | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1818 | 1823 | ... | 35 |