Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. 1 | N umber of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions. 4 | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 32 | .. | .. |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 258 | 71 | 1 |
Workplaces | 9 | .. | .. |
(Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | |||
Total | 299 | 71 | 1 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 51 | 51 | .. | .. | |
Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |
Other nuisances | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | |
†Sanitart accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
unsuitable or defective | 28 | 28 | .. | .. | |
not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | |||||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake- houses (ss. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
Total | 111 | 111 | Nil | 1 |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.