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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 1931
[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.