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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
Southwark 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 58.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 104 | 37 | 1 |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1717 | 433 | 3 |
| Workplaces | 2188 | 490 | 2 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 993 | 319 | 2 |
| Total | 5002 | 1279 | 8 |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 739 | 729 | ... | 3 |
| Want of Ventilation | 20 | 19 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 20 | 20 | ... | 1 |
| Want of drainage of floors | 14 | 13 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 843 | 838 | ... | 3 |
| Sanitary accommodations: Insufficient | 19 | 16 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 47 | 44 | ... | 1 |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1704 | 1681 | ... | 8 |
| * Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||