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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 1907
[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 ok Inspectcrs of Nuisances.
| Premises. 1 | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions. 4 | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 16 | .. | .. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 167 | 64 | .. |
| Workplaces | 10 | .. | .. |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | |||
| Total | 193 | 64 | Nil |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. 1 | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. 2 | Remedied. 3 | Referred to H.M. Inspector. 4 | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 36 | 36 | .. | .. | |
| Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 30 | 30 | .. | .. | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | |
| 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 | 94 | 94 | Nil | Nil | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under 1he Public Health Acts.