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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 1951

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

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Table: FACTORIES ACTS 1937 AND19481. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

FACTORIES ACTS 1937 AND1948

1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities57551Nil
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority31820530Nil
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority, excluding outworkers premises
Total37526031Nil

Table: 2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

Particulars.Number of cases in which defects were found.Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred
to H.M. Inspectorby H.M. Inspector
Want of Cleanliness____
Overcrowding—-—-
Unreasonable temperature—-—-
Inadequate ventilation—---—
Ineffective drainage of floors—
Sanitary Conveniences: (a) Insufficient1
(b) Unsuitable or defective1513
(c) Not separate for sexes4———-
Other offences against the3
Act (not including offences relating to outwork)4320Relating to lack of abstract
Total241920——