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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS,
OUTWORKERS, &c.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Inspection of factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 1706 | 295 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2404 | 405 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 135 | 28 | ... |
| Total | 4245 | 728 | 1 |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Defects found in Factories, workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Nuisdnces under the Public Health | ||||
| Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 165 | 183 | 3 | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 437 | 432 | 2 | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| insufficient | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 605 | 616 | ... | 1 |
| not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1228 | 1252 | 7 | 1 |