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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Home Office Form 572.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AMI) HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 1,227 | 188 | ... |
| (Including Factory Laundries) | |||
| Workshops | 3,516 | 1,266 | ... |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces | 294 | 54 | ... |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 5,037 | 1,508 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 506 | 506 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 41 | 41 | ... | ||
| Overcrowding | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 782 | 782 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary | insufficient | 30 | 30 | ... | |
| Accom- | unsuitable or defective | 351 | 351 | ... | ... |
| modation | not separate for sexes | 39 | 39 | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) - | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences | 8 | 8 | ... | .... | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | |||||
| Total | 1,780 | 1,780 | ... | ... | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.