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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 44 | 26 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,336 | 771 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 65 | 18 | .. |
| Total | 4,445 | 815 | 1 |
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 | 568 | 568 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 59 | 59 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 32 | 32 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Other nuisances | 188 | 188 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 33 | 33 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 23 | 23 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bake-house (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 30 | 30 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 960 | 960 | .. | 1 | |
| * Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||