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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The Factory and Workshops 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) | 268 | 84 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,334 | 321 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 33 | 4 | - |
| Total | 2,635 | 409 | 1 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 207 | 200 | ||
| Want of ventilation ...... | 17 | 17 | ||
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | ||
| Other nuisances | 96 | 94 | 1 | |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 10 | 8 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 128 | 128 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 14 | 11 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Other offences | 17 | 17 | ||
| (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). | ||||
| Total | 496 1 | 482 | 1 | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.