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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington]
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions 4 | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 57 | — | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 229 | 23 | — |
| Workplaces | 15 | — | — |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||
| Total | 301 | 23 | Nil. |
2—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | — | — | ||
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommoda- tion | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Nil | |||||
| Total | 32 | 32 | 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