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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 1932
[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) | 1707 | 187 | 2 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2849 | 579 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 159 | 51 | ... |
| Total | 4715 | 817 | 2 |
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 234 | 236 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||
| Other Nuisances | 610 | 630 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| insufficient | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 572 | 588 | ... | 2 |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1429 | 1467 | ... | 2 |