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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS
AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. 1 | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Insections. 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions 4 | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 61 | - | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 209 | 38 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Fart 3 of this Report). | 16 | — | — |
| Total | 286 | 38 | Nil. |
2— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. 1 | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 21 | 21 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 34 | 34 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this rep rt) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 72 | 72 | Nil | Nil | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshops Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.