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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 1934
[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) | 701 | 90 | ... |
| Workshops (Including workshop laundries) | 1,424 | 189 | ... |
| Workplaces (cookshops, fried fish shops and ice cream shops) (excluding outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | 1,281 | 117 | ... |
| Totals | 3,406 | 396 | ... |
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 | 213 | 213 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 0 ther nuisances | 522 | 522 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary ac-commodation | insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 178 | 178 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 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 105). | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 914 | 914 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Act.