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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Canal Boats.—16 canal boats were inspected and there were no contraventions
of the Act and Regulations. Six children were found on the
boats. No boats were registered during the year.
Factories
| Premises. (1) | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers prosecuted. (4) | |
| 2,449 | 1,544 | 216 | — | |
| 939 | 540 | 104 | — | |
| 62 | 126 | 2 | ||
| Total | 3,450 | 2,210 | 322 | 1 |
f Electrical Stations should be reckoned as factories.
| Particulars (1) | Number of Defects | Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 144 | 142 | 5 | — | |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Unreasonable temperature (S. 3) | 14 | 11 | 3 | — | |
| Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) | 11 | 11 | — | — | |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) | 17 | 17 | — | — | |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S- 7) | insufficient | 25 | 25 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 119 | 121 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 40 | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 126 | 126 | 2 | — | |
| Other offences (Not including offences relating to Homework or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 497 | 493 | 11 | — | |