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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 1905
[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 (5.133) | 36 | |||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 184 | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors. | 184 | |||
| Other | — | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— | - | |||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |||
| In use at the end of the year | 62 | |||
| Homework :— | Number of | |||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 1345 | 5507 | ||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 643 | ||
| from other Authorities | 4134 | |||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | ||||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 8 | |||
| 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 enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses | 169 | ||
| Other Workshops | 2081 | |||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 2250 | |||
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