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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 1910
[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 1910.
1. — I nspection.
Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 440 | 28 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses.) | 3182 | 297 | - |
| Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 712 | 81 | - |
| Total | 4334 | 406 | - |
2.—Dejects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | cf Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 248 | 248 | 1 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 55 | 55 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of 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 | 343 | 343 | 1 | — | |
| *Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||