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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 26.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces. (1)
| Premises, | Inspections | Notices served. | Proceedings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 139 | 14 | — | |||
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1170 | — | ||||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 361 | 28 | — | |||
| Total | 1670 | 117 | — | |||
| Statement of Defects Found. (2) | ||||||
| Particular.-. | Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
| Found. | Remedied. | |||||
| Dealt with under Public Health (London) Act— Want of cleanliness | 90 | 90 | — | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 62 | 62 | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Defective or unsuitable | 35 | 35 | — | —— | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses ss. (97 -100) | 29 | 29 | — | — | ||
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 231 | 230 | — | — | ||
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.