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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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37.
The particulars of inspections made during the year are as follows:-
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Power Factories | 1,724 | 32 | — |
| Non-Power Factories | 87 | 5 | — |
| Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including out-workers' premises) | — | ||
| Total | 1,811 | 37 | — |
The defects found and dealt with were as follows:-
| Particulars | Number of defects | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Reme die d | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (Section l) | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| Overcrowding (Section 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (Section 3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffectual drainage of floors (Section 6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences: (l) Insufficient | 5 | 7 | - | - | - |
| (2) Unsuitable or defective | 39 | 70 | - | 3 | - |
| (3) Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 28 | 32 | - | - | - |
| Total | 76 | 114 | - | 5 | - |