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Camberwell 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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No instances occurred of any outwork going on in infected
premises. In the majority of the 31 instances where it was going
on in unwholesome premises the condition was due to carelessness
or inattention to cleanliness on the part of the occupier, and therefore
remediable immediately, and in only 16 instances was it
necessary to serve a formal notice.
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops and Workplaces on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Laundries | 81 |
| Clothing (wholesale and private) | 391 | |
| Preparation of food | 185 | |
| Building trades | 73 | |
| Bakehouses | 159 | |
| Miscellaneous | 989 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1878 | |
During the year a careful examination was made of the rate
books of the Council with a view of finding out any workshops
which had escaped observation. Partly from this cause, and partly
from a natural increase of workplaces in the Borough, the number
on the register has gone up from 1,355 to 1,878.
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 38 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory] and Workshop Act (8. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 10 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 6 | |
| Other | – | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | – | |
| In use at the end of the year | 63 | |
A resolution was moved in the Committee in respect to a
certain factory, but it was really intended to call attention to the
fact that there are now three Inspectors concerned in the details
of the work carried out there, viz., the Factory Inspector from
the Home Office, for the sanitary condition of the workshop; the
Sanitary Inspector of the Borough Council, with regard to the
provision of water-closets for the workers; and an Inspector of
the County Council, concerning the means of escape in the case
of fire. It certainly does seem as if some re-arrangement of this
and other matters where there is dual and even trinal control could
he managed; it would do away with the complaint, which is not
unjustifiable, that the people are over-inspected. Judging from