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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The particulars of inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors are as follows:—

The particulars of inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors are as follows:—

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)362491
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)1,3721791
Workplaces (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.)89372
Totals2,6273002

Table: The defects found and dealt with were as follows:—

The defects found and dealt with were as follows:—

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :*
Want of cleanliness112112
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances237237
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient1010
unsuitable or defective122122
not separate for sexes22
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 table on page 56.)
Totals483483

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* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Act.