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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
Deptford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 292 | 12 | ||||||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 310 | 22 | ||||||
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 431 | 38 | ||||||
| Total | 1033 | 72 | ||||||
| 2.—DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||||
| PARTICULARS, | Number of Defects. | Number of 1 Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts. | ||||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 47 | 47 | 3 | |||||
| Want of Ventilation | ||||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||||
| Want cf Drainage OF Floors | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Nuisances | ||||||||
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Unsuitable or defective | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (sec. 101) | ||||||||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ||||||||
| Other Offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||||||
| Total | 71 | 71 | 3 | |||||