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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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 56 | — | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 4681 | 454 | — |
Workplaces | |||
Home workers'Premises | 651 | 23 | |
Total | 5388 | 477 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied | Referred toH.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 324 | 321 | 3 | — |
Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other nuisances | 67 | 67 | — | — |
insufficient | 16 | 16 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation ( unsuitable or defective | 37 | 37 | — | — |
not, separate for sexes.. | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — |
Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S 107) | 18 | 18 | — | — |
Giving out work to be done in unwholesome (S. 108) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
premises which are I infected | — | — | — | - |
Allowiog wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109) | — | — | — | - |
Other offences | — | — | — | — |
Total | 475 | 472 | 3 | — |
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.
• Letters sent in these cases,