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 Camberwell.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT. TABLE IX. Miss G. D. BEVAN. REPORT OF WORK DONE from January 1st, 1902, to December 31st, 1902.
No. of Visits. | Complaints. | Statutory Notices. | Intimation Notices. | Improvements effected either with or without Written Notice. | Insufficient w.c. accommodation. | Unsatisfactory Result of Drain Test. | Cisterns (drinking water) Requiring Cleansing, etc. | Defective Roof and Guttering. | Defective Paving of Yard or Wash-house. | Defective Ventilation. | Overcrowding. | Insufficient Dustbin. | Summons. | Infectious Diseases among Outworkers. | |||
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Whitewashing required and carried out. | Unsatisfactory condition of w.c.'s, etc. | Slight. | Decided. | ||||||||||||||
Eating Houses | 50 | .. | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. |
Workshops (new) | 149 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Systematic Re-inspections of ditto | 490 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-inspections re work in hand | 130 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laundries (new) | 20 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Systematic Re-inspections of ditto | 184 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-inspections re work in hand | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Factories | 10 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-inspections of ditto re Notices | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-inspections of Eating Houses re Notices | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Public Lavatories (Women) | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re Infectious Disease | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Miscellaneous | 372 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Outworkers | 647 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Totals | 2,197 | 15 | 14 | 118 | 53 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | .. | 15 |