[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1958?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 18. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948. T . Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. Type of Factory No. on Register Inspec tions Written Notices Factories without mechanical power 206 12 — Factories with mechanical power 2162 383 88 Other premises under the Acts (building operations and works of engineering and construction) 53 1 - Total: 2421 396 88 2. Cases in which defects found. Referred - Particulars Found Remedied to H.M. Inspector by H.M. Inspector Want of cleanliness 3 3 — 3 Overcrowding - - - - Unreasonable temperature - - - - Inadequate ventilation - - - - Ineffective drainage of floors - - - - Sanitary Conveniences - (a) Insufficient 2 2 — 5 (b) Unsuitable or defective 80 80 - 46 (c) Not separate for sexes 36 36 - 12 Other offences against the Acts (not including those relating to Outwork) - - - - Total: 121 121 ; - i 66 3. Prosecutions. The occupiers of two factories, svuxionod for failing to supply lists of outworkers employed by thou, were fined £5 each and ordered to pay £3:3:Od costs. Another was fined £10 and ordered to pay £5 costs for failing to maintain sanitary conveniences in a cleanly condition. 67