Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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) | 215 | 50 | .. | ||||
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,741 | 1,385 | .. | ||||
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 59 | 18 | .. | ||||
Total | 5,015 | .. | |||||
2.-DEFECTS FOUND. | |||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||
Want of cleanliness | 753 | 753 | .. | .. | |||
Want of ventilation | 94 | 94 | .. | .. | |||
Overcrowding | 42 | 42 | .. | .. | |||
Want of drainage of floors | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | |||
Other nuisances | 293 | 293 | .. | .. | |||
Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 24 | 24 | .. | .. | ||
unsuitable or defective | 166 | 166 | .. | .. | |||
not separate for sexes | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | |||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 76 | 76 | .. | .. | |||
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Total | 1,474 | 1,474 | .. | .. | |||