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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
Camberwell 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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I-12
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
In accordance with the provisions of the above Act, I have to
submit a report of the work carried out under its enactments.
There were 3,806 inspections of factories, workplaces and workshops,
and as a consequence there were 187 written notices served; these
for the most part related to the lack of cleanliness, unsuitable or
defective sanitary accommodation. In most cases the works ordered
were carried out under the notice, but in two instances it was
necessary to prosecute.
1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 252 | 25 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,717 | 79 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers Premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 837 | 33 | – |
| Total | 3,806 | 137 | – |
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 | 47 | 47 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 11 | 11 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 45 | 45 | – | 2 |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 47 | 47 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | — | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – |
| Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 167 | 167 | – | 2 |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.