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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table showing the number of milk premises, ice cream premises, etc. together with the number of inspections made to them.
| PREMISES. » • . » | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections. | Number of notices. | N umber of prosecu-tions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on register at end of 1918. | No. added in 1919. | No. removed in 1919. | No. on register at end of 1919. | ||||
| Milk premises | 433 | 14 | 34 | 413 | 1,422 | 39 | — |
| Cowsheds | 27 | — | — | 27 | 63 | 1 | — |
| Slaughter houses | 4 | - | — | 4 | 10 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | — | — | 7 | 28 | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 94 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 191 | 18 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2,529 | — | 17 | 2,512 | 3,785 | (a) 26 | (a)- |
| (b) 1,794 | (b)- | ||||||
(a) For overcrowding...(b) For other conditions.
Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,052; but this does not
include factories, workplaces and out-workers' premises.
4,196 inspections to factories, workshops and workplaces revealed defects,
which necessitated the service of 1,187 written notices. 41 of the notices referred
to factories, 1,139 to workshops including workshop laundries, and 7 to workplaces
other than out-workers' premises.
Cleanliness.—673 notices were served to cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 42 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 18 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved in
240 workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
231 other nuisances were remedied in workshops.
Out-workers' Premises.—1,835 inspections were made to out-workers' premises
during the year; 198 premises were found to be insanitary, and 85 cases of notifiable
infectious diseases occurred therein.