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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The particulars of inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors are as
Allows : —
| Premises, (i) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including- Factory Laundries) | 375 | 67 | ... |
| Workshops (Including- Workshop Laundries) | 1,366 | 170 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Cookshops, Fried Fish Shops and Ice Cream Shops) (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | 859 | 66 | ... |
| Totals | 2,600 | 303 | 1 |
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 cleanliness | 99 | 99 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 196 | 196 | ... | ... | |
| insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | unsuitable or defec- tive | 124 | 124 | ... | ... |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| 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 of work whic table on pag | ences relating- to out-h are included in -e X). | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals ... | 426 | 426 | ... | ... | |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Act.