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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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670
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.

Table: Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (including Factory Laundries)48—-
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)15318Nil
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises)—--
Total20118Nil

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

ParticularsNumber of Defects
FoundRemedied
(1)(2)(3)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness99
Want of ventilation——
Overcrowding11
Want of drainage of floors11
Other nuisances55
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient22
unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes99
Offences under the Factorymd Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of .underground bakehouse (s. 101) Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.)
Total2727