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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 1906
[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 | .. | .. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 163 | 103 | .. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 10 | .. | .. |
| Total | 189 | 103 | Nil |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 46 | 46 | .. | .. | |
| Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 84 | 84 | .. | .. | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake houses (ss. 97 to 100) | 7 | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 170 | 170 | Nil | Nil | |
| † Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part 3, adopted Oct., 1890, | |||||