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 Stepney]
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TABLES FOR THE HOME OFFICE.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK,
1.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (Including Factory Laundries) | 15 | .. | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2382 | 520 | 1 |
| Workplaces | 17 | 9 | 1 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 2414 | 529 | 2 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 547 | 547 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of ventilation | 60 | 60 | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | 66 | 66 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 179 | 179 | .. | .. | |||
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 39 | 39 | .. | .. | |
| unsuitable or defective | 43 | 43 | .. | .. | ||
| not separate for sexes | 40 | 38 | .. | 1 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 108) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| linfected (S. 110) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox (S. 109) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 976 | 973 | 3 | |||
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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