London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1. INSPECTION.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 16 | 1 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2994 | 1047 | 2 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 3010 | 1048 | 2 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 857 | 857 | .. | 1 | |
| Want of ventilation | 91 | 91 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 49 | 49 | .. | 1 | |
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 92 | 92 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 57 | 57 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 1157 | 1157 | .. | 2 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.