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Southwark 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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WATER SUPPLIES TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907.
Sixteen additional water supplies were provided to houses during
the year 1932.
TABLE 25.
1.—
| Premises. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written. Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 245 | 14 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 319 | 13 | ... |
| Workplaces | 357 | 26 | ... |
| Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers) | 282 | ... | |
| Total | 1203 | 53 | ... |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public | ||||
| Health Acts :— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 93 | 111 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 107 | 178 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 4 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| 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 | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 222 | 312 | ... | ... |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3. 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.