Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1 Prosecutions | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 2,404 | 412 |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2.161 | 339 |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 202 | 35 |
Totals | 4,767 | 786 |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
Want of cleanliness | 431 | 411 | 6 | ... |
Want of ventilation | 7 | 4 | _ | ... |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Want of drainage of floors | ... | |||
Other Nuisances | 447 | 393 | 8 | ... |
Sanitary accommodation— | ... | ... | ... | ... |
insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 326 | 260 | ... | ... |
not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 1,216 | 1,073 | 14 | ... |