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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. (I) | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | ||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 129 | 31 | .. | |||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,797 | 1,233 | .. | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 81 | 27 | .. | |||
| Total | 5,007 | 1,291 | ||||
| 2.-DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects | |||||
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 622 | 622 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of ventilation | 112 | 112 | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding .. .. ,, | 38 | 38 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 330 | 330 | .. | .. | ||
| insufficient Accommodation unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 18 187 20 | 18 187 20 | .. .. .. | .. .. .. | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 1,352 | 1,352 | .. | .. | ||
* Including thos) specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable
under the Public Health Act".