London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises, | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 121 | 8 | — | |||
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1122 | 35 | — | |||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Table 3) | 154 | 12 | — | |||
| Total | 1397 | 55 | — | |||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—* | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 35 | 35 | — | |||
| Want of ventilation | 17 | 17 | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | __ | |||
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation: Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 21 | 21 | — | — | ||
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses(ss. 97-100) | 9 | 9 | — | — | ||
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 99 | 99 | — | — | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.