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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS. LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK-
1.—INSPECTION.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 70 | 20 | .. | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,066 | 725 | 1 | ||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 55 | 8 | .. | ||
| Total | 4,191 | 753 | 1 | ||
2.-DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. (i) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) _ | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 541 | 541 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 74 | 74 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 46 | 46 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 63 | 63 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 36 | 30 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 23 | 23 | .. | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | |||||
| Total | 809 | 803 | .. | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.