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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
Tower Hamlets 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 44
| Type of Factory | No. on Register | Inspections | Written Notices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories without mechanical power | 433 | 265 | 7 | ||||
| Factories with mechanical power | 3,564 | 1,405 | 142 | ||||
| Other premises under the Act (Electrical stations, institutions, and sites of building operations and works of engineering and construction) | 110 | 48 | - | ||||
| Total | 4,107 | 1,718 | 149 | ||||
| 2. Cases in which defects were found | |||||||
| Particulars | Found | Remedied | Ref | erred | |||
| To H. M. Inspector | By H. M. Inspector | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 9 | 8 | 6 | - | |||
| Overcrowding | 3 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Unreasonable temperature | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Inadequate ventilation | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |||
| Sanitary conveniences: (a) insufficient | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | |||
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 162 | 201 | 1 | 8 | |||
| (c) not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | |||
| Other offences against the Act (not including those relating to outwork) | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total; | 194 | 235 | 16 | 13 | |||