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Stepney 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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67
[Home Office Form 572.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
Premises.
Number of.
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries)
691
143
...
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries)
3,891
1,203
1
Workplaces
(Other than Outworkers' premises)
237
31
...
Total
4,819
1,377
1
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
572
572
...
...
Want of ventilation
93
93
...
...
Overcrowding
16
16
...
...
Want of drainage of floors
1
1
...
...
Other nuisances
718
718
• • •
...
Sanitary
Accommodation
insufficient
23
23
• • •
• • •
unsuitable or defective
315
315
...
...
not separate for sexes
39
39
...
...
Offences under the Factory and Workshop
Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (s. 101)
...
...
...
...
Other offences
(Excluding offences relating to
outwork which are included in
Part 3 of this report.)
10
10
...
...
Total
1,787
1,787
...
...
•Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
em ediable under the Public Health Acts.