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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 1929
[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. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories | 323 | 52 | ... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) | |||
| Workshops | 1,457 | 209 | ... |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 707 | 61 | ... |
| (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | |||
| Totals | 2,487 | 322 | ... |
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 | 92 | 92 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 254 | 254 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary - ac commodation | insufficient | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 140 | 140 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| 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 table on page 58.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 497 | 497 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Act.