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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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54
BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOME
WORK DURING THE YEAR 1927.
1.—Inspection.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 614 | 93 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries and Bakehouses) | 2,903 | 343 | ... |
| Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | 1,249 | 94 | ... |
| Totals | 4,766 | 530 | ... |
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 | 180 | 180 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 439 | 439 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary ac-commodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | |
| unsuitable or defective | 277 | 277 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 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.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 904 | 904 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, ii, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.