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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries') | 114 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 5,108 | 1,125 | 1 | ||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 231 | 68 | .. | ||||
| Total | 5,453 | 1,213 | 2 | ||||
| 2.-DEFECTS FOUND. | |||||||
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||||
| Found. | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 627 | 627 | .. | .. | |||
| Want of ventilation | 79 | 79 | •• | .. | |||
| Overcrowding | 48 | 48 | .. | .. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |||
| Other nuisances | 316 | 316 | .. | 2 | |||
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 24 | 24 | .. | .. | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 115 | 115 | .. | .. | |||
| not separate for sexes | 29 | 29 | .. | .. | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 44 | 44 | .. | .. | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Total | 1,288 | 1,288 | .. | 2 | |||
| * Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||||