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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Registered Factories.
| On the Register at the end of the year | Number |
|---|---|
| Factories | 1,717 |
| Bakehouses | 58 |
| Total | 1,775 |
Other Matters.
| Class | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 114, 128) | 14 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Acts (s. 9). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 7 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 7 | |
| Basement Bakehouses (s. 54) in use at the end of the year | 16 | |
OFFICE HYGIENE.
Special attention has been directed in recent years
to the need for a prescribed minimum of hygiene in
offices similar to that which is enforced in factories
and other workplaces. It is obvious that the clerk
needs the protection of the law with regard to such
working conditions as heating, ventilation, lighting,
underground workrooms, overcrowding and sanitary
accommodation, equally as much as other workers.