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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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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 486 | 41 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 3,641 | 1,189 | .. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 69 | 7 | .. |
| Totals | 4,196 | 1,187 | .. |
2.- DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecu-tions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisanees under the Public Health Acts:- | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 673 | 673 | .. | .. | |
| Want of ventilation | 42 | 42 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisance | 231 | 231 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 41 | 41 | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 165 | 165 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 34 | 34 | .. | .. | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts.— | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | . . | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 23 | 23 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| 1,232 | 1,232 | . . | .. | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acta.