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 1930
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 105 | 9 | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 126 | 15 | — |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 58 | 5 | — |
Total | — | 289 | 29 |
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 | 11 | 11 | — | — |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — |
Sanitary Accommodation— | i | |||
Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
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 Bake houses (SS.97 to 100) | 27 | 27 | — | |
Other Offences | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Total | 57 | 57 | — | — |