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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
Stoke Newington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLES REQUIRED BY THE HOME OFFICE.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORK-PLACES AND
HOME-WORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries). | 16 | 74 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries). | 162 | ||
| Workplaces | 10 | ||
| Homeworkers' Premises | 170 | ||
| Total | 358 | 74 | Nil. |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| 32 | 32 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ||
| Other nuisances | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | ||
| tSanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| unsuitable or defective | 21 | 21 | ... | ... | ||
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Failure as regards lists of outworkers (s. 107) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (s. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| infected (s. 110) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (s. 109). | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 81 | 81 | | Nil. | Nil. | ||
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.