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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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57.
2. Cases in which defects were found
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | |||||
| (a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 338 | 350 | 3 | 10 | — |
| (c) Not suitable for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 340 | 352 | 3 | 10 | — |
(a) Outworkers
Number of outworkers in Shoreditch 246
Number of basic routine inspections made 225
57 Lists of outworkers were received from employers in the Borough
779 persons of whom 610 were not resident in Shoreditch were included in
these lists.
294 outworkers living in Shoreditch but working for firms outside the
Borough were notified by 15 Local Authorities
Again one must refer to the vast amount of what one considers to be
unnecessary administrative work thrust upon the local authority Public Health
Departments in respect of outworkers. One must again repeat, that if an
obligation were placed on the firms responsible for supplying local authorities
with lists of outworkers, to notify the several authorities in which their
outworkers reside, it would be to everyone's advantage, and very much reduce
the work of the clerical staff of local authorities.