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. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 424 | 83 | ... |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 1,992 | 226 | ... |
Workplaces (Cookshops, Fried Fish | 1,047 | ||
Shops and Ice Cream Shops) | 83 | ... | |
(Excluding Outworkers' premises | |||
dealt with in Table III.) | |||
Totals | 3,403 | 392 | ... |
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 | 134 | 134 | ... | ... | |
Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 314 | 314 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 148 | 148 | |||
not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ... | ||
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 ) | |||||
Totals | 605 | 605 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Act.