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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
Shoreditch 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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3.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories: — | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 1 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under" the Factory Act (S. 5) | 'Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1221 (Referring to 151Workshops) | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 16 (Referring to 151 Workshops) | ||||
| Other | — | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||
| In use during 1903 | 46 | ||||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 46 | |||
| tin 1904 | 1 | ||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 46 (1 Bakehouse demolished) | ||||
| Homework: — | Number of | ||||
| Lists. | Outworkers | ||||
| Lists received ., | 42 | 791 | |||
| Addresses of Outworkers .. | forwarded to other Authorities .. | 601 | |||
| received from other Authorities .. | 680 | ||||
| wearing Apparel; | Other | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | — | — | |||
| Cases of infecious disease notified in homeworkers'premises | 45 | — | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904. | |||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Laundries | 32 | |||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 76 | ||||
| Other Workshops and Workplaces | 1101 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1209 | ||||