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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

Lambeth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspctr.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts1:—
Want of Cleanliness5555--
Want of Ventilation55-—
Overcrowding66-—
Want of drainage of floors——-—
Other nuisances195195-—
Sanitary accommo-dationsInsufficient——-—
Unsuitable or defective4747-—
Not separate for sexes22-—
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(S. 101)----
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100)----
Other offences(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)----
Totals310310-—

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* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.