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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
Stepney 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 24 | |||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H M. Inspectors as remediable, under the Public Health Acts, but not ilflder the Factory Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 166 | ||||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors. | 1 (special) | |||||
| Other | — | |||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— In use during 1903 | 63 | |||||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 63 | ||||
| in 1904 | — | |||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 62 | |||||
| Homework :— | Number of | |||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||
| 531 | 2464 | |||||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 432 | ||||
| received from other Authorities | 1375 | |||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | ||||||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworlters' premises | ||||||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | ||||||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904. | ||||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enu-merated here. | 180 | |||||
| Other Workshops | 2106 | |||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 2286 | |||||