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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| Premises. | Number of:— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| I | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 98 | 8 | — |
| Workshops ( ,, Workshop „ ) | 221 | — | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | — | — | — |
| Total | 319 | 8 | — |
| Particulars- | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 23 | 18 | — | — |
| „ ,, Ventilation | — | — | — | _ |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances Sanitary Accommodation — | 6 | 6 | ||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts — | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — | — | — | — |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 33 | 26 | — | — |