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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND
HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 538 | 55 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,864 | 1,130 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises) | 185 | 51 | ... |
| Total | 3,587 | 1,236 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 533 | 533 | ... | ... | ||
| Want of ventilation | 79 | 79 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 296 | 296 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 30 | 30 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 218 | 218 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes* | 34 | 34 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 33 | 33 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 1,236 | 1,236 | ... | ... | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.