London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1916
[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) | 747 | 50 | .. | |||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3,811 | 843 | .. | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 134 | 9 | .. | |||
| Totals | 4,692 | 902 | .. | |||
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 | 457 | 457 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 46 | 46 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 31 | 31 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 65 | 65 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 21 | 21 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 184 | 184 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 52 | 52 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 901 | 901 | .. | .. | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as,
remediable under the Public Health Acts.