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. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 603 | 34 | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1560 | 57 | — |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 152 | 23 | — |
Total | 2315 | 114 | — |
Table 14.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (1) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Want of cleanliness | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
Want of ventilation | - | - | - | - | |
Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
unsuitable or defective | 52 | 52 | - | - | |
not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Illegal occupaion of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | _ | |
Other offences | |||||
(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 96 | 96 | - | - | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. |