Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911
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Table X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
Inspection.
Number of
Premises.
Written Notices.
Inspections.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
45
...
218
68
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
132
...
76
164
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises)
...
189
514
Total
...
Defects Found.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Remedied.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
...
38
38
...
Want of Cleanliness
1
...
Want of Ventilation
1
...
1
Overcrowding
1
...
...
...
...
4
4
Want of Drainage of Floors
127
Other Nuisances
128
...
...
4
4
...
...
5
5
...
...
{ Insufficient
Sanitary Accommodation Unsuitable or Defective
Not separate for Sexes
...
...
...
...
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)
...
3
3
Other Offences
...
...
...
...
Total
184
183
...
...
Other matters.
Class.
Number.
...
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories —
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)
Action taken in matters referred by Notified by H.M. Inspectors
H.M. Inspectors as remediable
under the Public Health Acts, but Reports (of action taken) sent to
not under the Factory Act (s. 7) H.M. Inspectors
Other
...
...
...
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) —
Certificates granted during 1909
...
In use at end of 1909
...
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1909
693
Workshop Bakehouses
76
Total number of Workshops on Register
769
Table X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 218 | 45 | ... |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 132 | 68 | ... |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 164 | 76 | ... |
Total | 514 | 189 | ... |
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 | 38 | 38 | ... | ... | |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Want of Drainage of Floors | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
Other Nuisances | 128 | 127 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Unsuitable or Defective | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | |
Not separate for Sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
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) | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
Other Offences | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 184 | 183 | ... | ... |
Other matters.
Class. | Number. | |
---|---|---|
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories— | ||
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | ... | |
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 7) | Notified by H.M. Inspectors | ... |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | ... | |
Other | ... | |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— | : | |
Certificates granted during 1909 | ... | |
In use at end of 1909 | ... | |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1909 | 693 | |
Workshop Bakehouses | 76 | |
Total number of Workshops on Register | 769 |