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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK,
DURING THE YEAR 1908.
1.—Inspection.
Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| emises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 223 | 7 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 3991 | 332 | - |
| Workplaces (Including Bakehouses and excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 840 | 116 | - |
| Total | 5054 | 455 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecu- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 296 | 296 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding.. | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 73 | 73 | — | — | |
| insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| unsuitable or defective | 51 | 51 | — | ||
| not separate for sexes | 14 | 14 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation or underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences. (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | - | — | - | — | |
| Total | 442 | 442 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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