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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | ||
| Factories | 431 | 65 | .. | ||
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops 3 | 3,045 | 1,016 | .. | ||
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 58 | 19 | .. | ||
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) Totals 3 | 534 | 1,100 | .. | ||
| 2.-DEFECTS FOUND. | |||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 542 | 542 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 56 | 56 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 351 | 351 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 45 | 45 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 178 | 178 | .. | .. | |
| . not separate for sexes | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | |||||
| Totals | 1,237 | 1,237 | .. | .. | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.