Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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employed are members of the same family dwelling there, are,
like domestic factories, subject to special regulations with regard
to hours of labour, and not subject to the provisions of the Act
which relate to meal times, affixing notices, holidays, notices of
accidents, keeping a general register, the means of ventilation,
thermometers, and the drainage of floors.
There are 851 domestic workshops in the Borough.
Although registration is not required the premises are visited
with a view to remedying any insanitary conditions. A detailed
analysis of workshops is set out in Table 27.
Premises. | Inspections | Notices served. |
---|---|---|
Factories (including factory laundries) | 79 | 22 |
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1519 | 142 |
Workplaces | 260 | 25 |
Homeworkers' premises | 212 | 16 |
Restaurants | 62 | 5 |
Total | 2132 | 210 |
In no case was it found necessary to institute proceedings.