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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 1933

[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)
Factories361101...
(Including Factory Laundries) Workshops1,2612051
(Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (Cookshops, Fried Fish Shops and Ice Cream Shops) (Excluding Outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.)883104...
Totals2,5054101

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 cleanliness175175......
Want of ventilation11......
Overcrowding............
Want of drainage of floors............
Other nuisances305305......
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient............
unsuitable or defective158158......
not separate for sexes............
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 68).............
Totals639639......