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 Shoreditch]
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TABLE X.
MATTERS DEALT WITH IN CONNECTION WITH FACTORIES WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Notices Issued | Prosecutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | |||||
| Matters under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 194 | 97 | 291 | 97 | 291 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Want of Air Space : Overcrowding | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Sanitary Accommodation' (s. 38,) | Insufficient | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Unsuitable | 7 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 38 | |||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other Nuisances | 22 | 19 | 41 | 19 | 41 | |||
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | ||||||||
| Occupying underground Bakehouse without certificate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouse (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 12* | |||
| Giving out , woi k to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome (s. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Infected (s. 110) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox (s. 109 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other Contraventions | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 238 | 166 | 392 1 | 166 | 404 | |||
* Letters were sent in these cases.