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 1929
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FACTORIES WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 115 | 13 | 1 |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 95 | 14 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 84 | 11 | – |
Total | 294 | 38 | 1 |
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 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 16 | 16 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation- | ||||
Insufficient | 4 | 3 | – | 1 |
Unsuitable or Defective | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Not separate for Sexes | – | – | – | – |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act- | ||||
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bake houses (ss. 97 to 100) | 21 | 21 | – | – |
Other Offences | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Total | 57 | 56 | – | 1 |