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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

Deptford 1910

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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Table: Table No. 26. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910. On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection withFACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, ANDHOMEWORK. 1.-INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Table No. 26. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910. On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection withFACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, ANDHOMEWORK. 1.-INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

PremisesNumber of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)15918
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)43915
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)20030
Total79863

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

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 Cleanliness253253
Want of Ventilation33
Overcrowding33
Want of Drainage of Floors
Other Nuisances149149
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient or33
Unsuitable ordefective Not Separate for Sexes6363
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)
Total474474