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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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I—23
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
In accordance with the provisions of the above Act, I submit a
report of the work carried out under its statutory enactments.
There were 3,435 inspections of factories, workshops, and workplaces,and
there were 157 notices served. These, as they did last
year, related chiefly to the lack of cleanliness or to unsuitable or
defective sanitary accommodation.
In the majority these were remedied when the occupiers'
attention was called to them, and in no case was it necessary to
prosecute; but there are certain cases of insufficient accommodation
where the one demand for entire provision is still outstanding.
1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 321 | 25 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,414 | 86 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 700 | 46 | – |
| Total | 3,435 | 157 | – |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | I | — | ' | |
| Want of Cleanliness | 46 | 46 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | – | – | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 47 | 47 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 35 | 25 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 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 | 144 | 144 | – | – |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and Work
shop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.