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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 1925
[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. (9) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
| Factories | 565 | 52 | ... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 3,025 | 1,101 | 2 |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 131 | 37 | ... |
| Total | 3,721 | 1,190 | 2 |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 498 | 498 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 66 | 66 | .... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 376 | 376 | ... | 1 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 29 | 29 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 170 | 170 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes* | 18 | 18 | ... | 1 | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of sj ecial sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | |||||
| Total | 1,192 | 1,192 | ... | 2 | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.