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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 1909
[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 1909.
1.— I nspection.
Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 192 | 18 | - |
| (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 3694 | 333 | - |
| Workplaces .. (Including Bakehouses and excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 818 | 117 | - |
| Total | 4704 | 468 | - |
2.—D efects F ound.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Want of cleanliness | 287 | 287 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 53 | 53 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | 'insufficient | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 43 | 43 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 11 | 11 | — | — | |
| 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 | 403 | 403 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.