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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 1915
[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 1915.
1.—Inspection.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (3) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 543 | 26 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses.) | 3168 | 234 | — |
| Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table 3.) | 766 | 72 | — |
| Total | 4477 | 332 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 226 | 226 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 299 | 299 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 84 | 84 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 14 | 14 | — | — | |
| 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 | 629 | 629 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.