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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 1936
[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. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories | 826 | 104 | ... |
| (Including factory laundries) Workshops | 1,181 | 179 | ... |
| (Including workshop laundries) Workplaces (cookshops, fried fish shops and ice cream shops) (excluding outworkers' premises dealt with in Table III.) | 868 | 97 | ... |
| Totals | 2,875 | 380 | ... |
The defects found and dealt with were as follows:—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | of Prosecutions. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 281 | 281 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 678 | 678 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defec | |||||
| tive | 290 | 290 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 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 146). | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 1,072 | 1,072 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Act.