Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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