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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Home Office Table Factories, and Other Premises. 1.-Inspections for purchases of provisions as to health Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspections.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Factories : With mechanical power | 337 | 349 | 20 | - |
| Without mechanical power | 200 | 207 | 10 | _ |
| Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 52 | 87 | - | - |
| Total | 589 | 643 | 30 | - |
2.—Defects Found
| Particulars (1) | Number of Defects | Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted. (6) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector(4) | Referred by H.M. Inspector(5) | |||
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 97 | 80 | _ | 4 | - | |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) : | ||||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 | - | |
| Unsuitable or defective | 47 | 42 | - | 6 | - | |
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - | |
| Other offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories andWorkshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937) | 38 | 37 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 197 | 173 | - | 16 | - | |