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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The particulars of inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors are as follows:-
| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories | 541 | 97 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Factory Laundries) | 2,123 | 254 | ... |
| (Including Workshop Laundries Workplaces | 1,126 | 65 | ... |
| (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | |||
| Totals | 3,790 | 416 | ... |
The defects found and dealt with were as follows:-
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 117 | 117 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 339 | 339 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defec tive | 183 | 183 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 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.) | |||||
| Totals | 641 | 641 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts