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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Cases in which defects were found
Table 30
| Defects | No.of defects | Prosecutions instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To HM Inspector | By HM Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S1) | - | 2 | - | ||
| Overcrowding (S2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S4) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences (S7): (a) insufficient | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 6 | 16 | - | 10 | |
| (c) not separate for sexes | - | — | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 6 | 18 | 2 | 12 | - |
Outworkers
Under section 110 of the Factories Act, 1937 the occupier of every
factory and every contractor employed by him must keep lists showing
the names and addresses of all outworkers directly employed by him
and of the places where they are employed, and must send to the district
council in February and in August of each year, copies of those lists
showing all outworkers so employed by him during the preceding six
months. Section 111 of the same Act empowers the district council by
notice in writing to the occupier of a factory or to any contractor employed
by him to prohibit the employment of any persons as home workers in
premises which the council regard as injurious or dangerous to health.
The Home Work Order, 1911, specified the kinds of work to which
these two sections apply. The types of work consist mainly of wearing
apparel and textiles, the making of paper bags, boxes, brushes, baskets,
artificial flowers, metal fittings, etc.
Outworkers were visited periodically by the district public health
inspectors.