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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 250 | 73 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,187 | 389 | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 70 | 1 | _ |
| Total | 2,507 | 463 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 235 | 230 | ... | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 14 | 14 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 12 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 78 | 80 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 16 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 105 | 103 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 9 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | 23 | 23 | ... | ... |
| Total | 494 | 485 | ... | ... |
"Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.