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Southwark 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Cleansing of Verminous Rooms and their Contents.
During the year 1930 the number of verminous rooms with the
bedding and other articles cleansed and disinfected in accordance
with the requirements of the London County Council (General
Powers) Acts, 1907 and 1922, has increased in comparison with 1929.
I append a table shewing the number of notices served upon the
owners or occupiers of the several premises in question, and the number
of verminous rooms stripped and cleansed by the owners, and fumigated
by the Council's disinfecting staff, respectively. I also submit tables
showing the number of articles dealt with at the disinfecting stations.
TABLE 20
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
1.—Inspection (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
| Premises. | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 415 | 42 | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 493 | 59 | |
| Workplaces | 5750 | 260 | |
| Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers) | 186 | 2 | |
| Total | 6844 | 363 | |
*Note:—These 738 rooms were stripped by the owners.
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 230 | 202 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 16 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 340 | 326 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 14 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 19 | 25 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act :— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | 58 | 58 | ... | ... |
| Total | 679 | 633 | ... | ... |