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Camberwell 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Outworkers.
Inspections during the year of 737 outworkers' premises appearing
on the register numbered 1,953, and as the result of these inspections
it was ascertained that in 149 instances home-work had been
discontinued.
In three instances it was necessary to send a cautionary letter
to employers for neglecting to comply with the provisions of Section
107 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which requires all
contractors employing outworkers to send on February 1st and
August 1st in each year a list of the names and addresses of such
outworkers to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which
the business is conducted.
Thirteen Sanitary Notices were served during the year in respect
of unwholesome conditions found to exist at outworkers' premises.
Five cases of infectious disease were reported during the period
under review from premises where home-work was carried on.
At the end of 1932 there appeared on the register the names of
588 outworkers living in this Borough.
The following tables show the nature of the work conducted in
outworkers' homes, distinguishing: those in employment at the end
of the year; and those who had discontinued home-work during
1932.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors in 1932.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 944 | 35 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,308 | 32 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 2,252 | 67 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—1 | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 20 | 20 | - | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | - | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | — |
| Want of drainage floors | — | — | - | — |
| Other nuisances | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 44 | 44 | - | — |
| Not separate for sexes | - | — | - | - |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences [excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921] | 4 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Total | 99 | 99 | 1 | — |