Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Premises, | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factories (including factory laundries) | 87 | 8 | — | |||
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1490 | 59 | — | |||
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 316 | 17 | — | |||
Total | 1893 | 84 | — | |||
Dealt with under Public Health (London) Act—* Want of cleanliness | 146 | 146 | — | — | ||
Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||
Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
Other nuisances | 47 | 47 | — | — | ||
Sanitary accommodation : | ||||||
Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
Defective or unsuitable | 40 | 40 | — | — | ||
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | ||
Under the Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 40 | 40 | — | — | ||
Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
Total | 281 | 281 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.