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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
Hackney 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
I.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 59 | 11 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,100 | 390 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1 | ... | |
| Total | 2,160 | 401 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 262 | 222 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 51 | 52 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 15 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 129 | 100 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 100 | 76 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes. | 5 | 6 | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report). | ||||
| Total | 568 | 478 | ... | ... |
| * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||