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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 76 | 29 | .. | |||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,242 | 1,188 | .. | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 73 | 28 | 3 | |||
| Total | 4,391 | 1,245 | 3 | |||
2.-DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number °f Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 808 | 808 | .. | 1 | |
| Want of ventilation | 103 | 103 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 79 | 79 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 347 | 347 | .. | 2 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 50 | 50 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 99 | 99 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 1,518 | 1,518 | .. | 3 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.