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Bethnal Green 1935

[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.
Premises
Number of
Inspections
Written
Notices
Prosecutions
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries)
2,008
354
4
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries)
2.874
514
3
Workplaces
(Other than Outworkers' Premises
121
32
...
Total
5.003
900
7
Defects found in Factories. Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars
Number of Defects
Found
Remedied
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector
Numbe
of Prosecutions
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—
Want of cleanliness
222
220
16
2
Want of ventilation
3
3
4
...
Overcrowding
....
...
...
...
Want of drainage of floors
1
1
...
...
Other Nuisances
557
543
4
9
Sanitary accommodation—
...
...
...
insufficient
0
5
...
...
unsuitable or defective
676
703
...
5
not separate for sexes
4
4
...
...
Offences under the Factories and Workshop
A cts :—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (s. 101)
...
...
...
...
Other offences
(Excluding offences relating to
out work).
...
...
...
...
Total
1,469
1,479
24
16