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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
Lambeth 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Workshops, etc.:— | |
| Workrooms: | |
| Overcrowded, Damp, Dirty, etc. | 1 |
| Defective or Dirty: | |
| Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Walls and Ceilings, Rain Water Pipes, Sink Wastes, or Premises generally | 73 |
| Sanitary Appliances: | |
| Water Closets—Dirty, unventilated, choked, defective or with defective tanks or water supplies | 50 |
| Drainage—Defective | 2 |
| Dustbins—Wanting or Defective | 13 |
| Lavatories—Dirty or Defective | 2 |
| No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for the sexes | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Defects, Defective Chimneys, etc. | 12 |
Factories and Workshops.
Five new factories and 19 new workshops were added to the
Register, dealing with various trades.
Out-workers.
Eleven February and ten August lists were received, dealing with
182 and 233 out-workers respectively. Of the 415 out-workers
193 belonged to Lambeth and 222 elsewhere. Particulars of the
latter were sent to the Authorities concerned, whilst, in return,
85 lists were received from various outside authorities dealing
with 488 workers living in Lambeth.
Of the total Lambeth out-workers reported, 71 were new,
i.e., not previously registered.
The two women inspectors each work in one-half of the Borough,
and are responsible for the inspection and supervision under the
Factory and Workshops Acts, of all places where female labour
is employed. They visit regularly the kitchens, etc., attached to
all restaurants and cafes where food is prepared and cooked, but
in the case of public houses, however, it is found to be more
convenient to leave the inspection of kitchens to the district
sanitary inspectors.