Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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30.
The particulars of inspections made during the year are as follows
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
Power Factories | 1,895 | 41 | - |
Non-Power Factories | 92 | 4 | - |
Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including out-workers' premises) | - | - | - |
Total | 1,987 | 45 | - |
The defects found and dealt with were as follows:-
Particulars | Number of defects | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness (Section l) | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
Overcrowding (Section 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature (Section 3) | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Ineffectual drainage of floors (Section 6) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Sanitary Conveniences: (l) Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
(2) Unsuitable or defective | 64 | 58 | - | 6 | - |
(3) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 7 | 5 | - | - | - |
Total | 84 | 75 | - | 8 | - |