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Hackney 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNo. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred
To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
Want of cleanliness (S. 1)-----
Overcrowding (S.2)...-
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)..-.
Inadequate ventilation (S.4)....
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)-----
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)-
(a) Insufficient53---
(b) Unsuitable or defective2824-321
(c) Not suitable for sexes----
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork)-----
Total3327-321

It was necessary to institute legal proceedings in one case, but the work
was carried out before the date of the hearing.
BASEMENT BAKEHOUSES
Section 70 of this Act prohibits the use of a basement bakehouse as a
bakehouse unless it was so used on the 30th July, 1937, and a certificate
of suitability had been issued in respect of it by the District Council.
Further, such a bakehouse shall not be used as a bakehouse if it has ceased to
be so used for a period exceeding 12 months. The section requires a District
Council to carry out every five years an examination of every basement bakehouse
in respect of which a certificate of suitability has been issued and
empowers the Council to either extend the certificate of suitability for a
further five years or to serve notice on the occupier that the bakehouse shall
cease to be used as a bakehouse. The year under review was a quinquennial
year for the purposes of this section and of the nine basement bakehouses
previously in use, two had ceased to be so used and their certificates of
suitability were withdrawn; in the case of the remaining seven bakehouses
which were found to be in use and satisfactory, notice was given to the
occupiers that their certificate of suitability should continue to operate.
OUTWORKERS
The occupier of every factory or contractor employed by any such occupier
in the business of the factory is required to submit to the local authority
during February and August in each year, a list showing all the outworkers
employed by him during the previous six months.

The current list showed 103 Hackney firms as having employed 964 outworkers of whom 407 worked in Hackney:-

Nature of WorkNo. of outworkers in August list
Wearing apparel815
Household linen2
Furniture and upholstery24
Brass articles9
Iron and steel chains6
Artificial flowers8
Paper bags2
Making of boxes67
Brush making10
Feather sorting1
Carding of buttons19
Stuffed toys1
Total964