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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Home Office Table. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances)
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 392 | 61 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 554 | 73 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 473 | 76 | - |
| Total | 1,419 | 210 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 198 | 196 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 53 | 49 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 85 | 85 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts | ||||
| Illegal occupation of under-ground bakehouse (s. 101) | _ | _ | — | _ |
| Other offences (Excluding offences re-lating to outwork and offences under the Sec-tions mentioned in the Schedule of the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 358 | 351 | 1 | — |