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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 1922
[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. | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions (4). |
| Factories | 509 | 65 | .... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 3,375 | 1,155 | ... |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 118 | 50 | ... |
| Total | 3,902 | 1,270 | ... |
2.- DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 493 | 493 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 40 | 40 | ... | .... | |
| Overcrowding | 24 | 24 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 506 | 506 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 30 | 30 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 142 | 142 | |||
| not separate for sexes* | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | .... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 16 | 16 | ... | .... | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 4 | 4 | ... | .... | |
| Total | 1,270 | 1,270 | ... | ... | |
| "Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts, | |||||