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Shoreditch 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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58
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with

Table: FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK DURING THE YEAR 1924.1.—Inspection.Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK DURING THE YEAR 1924.

1.—Inspection.

Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)56462...
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses)3,7434762
Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.)1,106130...
Totals5,4136682

Table: 2.— Defects Found.

2.— Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:*
Want of cleanliness439439......
Want of ventilation11......
Overcrowding............
Want of drainage of floors............
Other nuisances798798...2
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient1919......
unsuitable or defec tive256256......
not separate for sexes............
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (Section 101)............
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Sections 97 to 100)............
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.)............
Totals1,5131,513...2
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.