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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 1916
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916. ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901, IN CONNECTION with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. —INSPECTION. INCLUDING INSPECTION MADE BY SANITRY INSPECTORS OR INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| factories (including Factory Laundries) | 118 | 18 | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 231 | 12 | |
| Workplace (other than outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report) | 107 | 16 | 1 |
| Total | 456 | 41 | 1 |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
| PARTICULARS. | NUMBER OF DEFECTES. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | remedied. | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts. Want of Cleanliness | 213 | 213 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | |||||
| Other Nuisances | 100 | 94 | |||
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | 2 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 42 | 2 | |||
| 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) | |||||
| Other Offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 359 | 353 | |||