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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Inspections Table 23
Premises | Number on register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
(I) Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 64 | - | - | |
(II) Factories not included in (i) In which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 446 | 218 | 1 | - |
(ill) Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 23 | 23 | - | - |
TOTAL | 533 | 269 | 1 | - |
Cases in which defects were found
Table 24
Defects | No. of defects | Prosecutions instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To HM Inspector | By HM Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness (S1) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Overcrowding (S2) | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature (S3) | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation (S4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S6) | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary conveniences (S 7) : | |||||
(o) insufficient | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
(b) unsuitable or defective | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
(c) not separate for sexes | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
TOTAL | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | - |