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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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38.
The particulars of inspections made during the year are as follows •-
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Power Factories | 2,281 | 91 | - |
| Non-Power Factories | 196 | 11 | - |
| Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including out-workers1 premises) | - | - | - |
| Total | 2,477 | 102 | - |
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) | 2 | 3 | - | _ | _ |
| Overcrowding (Section 2) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (Section 3) | _ | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| Ineffectual drainage of floors (Section 6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences: | |||||
| (l) Insufficient | 30 | 26 | - | - | - |
| (2) Unsuitable or defective | 112 | 87 | - | 11 | - |
| (3) Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | - |
| Total | 153 | 125 | - | 15 | - |