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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
Bethnal Green 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &c. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 2,005 | 197 | .... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,249 | 365 | .... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 118 | 28 | .... |
| Total | 4,372 | 590 | .... |
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 174 | 170 | 9 | .... |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... |
| Overcrowding | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Want of drainage of floors | .... | 1 | .... | .... |
| Other Nuisances | 409 | 399 | 1 | .... |
| Sanitary accommodation— | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| insufficient | 9 | 10 | .... | .... |
| unsuitable or defective | 573 | 558 | .... | .... |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | .... | .... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to out work). | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Total | 1,168 | 1,140 | 11 | .... |