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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 1914
[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) | 294 | 40 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 4,631 | 1,336 | .. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 105 | 22 | .. |
| Total | 5,030 | 1,398 | .. |
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 | 694 | 694 | .. | .. | |||
| Want of ventilation | 74 | 74 | .. | .. | |||
| Overcrowding | 33 | 33 | .. | .. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | |||
| Other nuisances | 310 | 310 | .. | .. | |||
| Sanitary-Accommodation | insufficient | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 191 | 191 | .. | .. | |||
| not separate for sexes | 36 | 36 | .. | .. | |||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 42 | 42 | .. | .. | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Total | 1,398 | 1,398 | .. | .. | |||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.