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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
Bermondsey 1903
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1903
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Table VIII.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
Class of Works.
Number of Places.
Number
of
Inspections,
1903.
Number
of
Notices,
1903.
Number
of
Prosecutions,
1903.
On
Register
at end
of 1902.
Added
in
1903.
Removed
in
1903.
On Register at
end of 1903.
Premises.
Rooms.
-
-
1
-
-
Factories
5
1
1
Factory Laundries
Factory Bakehouses
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
128
11
-
23
Other Factories
139
136
-
-
46
26
Workshop Laundries
-
23
23
56
68
-
105
Workshops
Workshop Bakehouses
105
-
-
311
63
-
-
966
177
410
489
92
Other Workshops
821
322
5
252
31
Outworkers' Premises
93
345
-
205
-
-
Workplaces where Food
is prepared for Sale
-
-
723
76
181
-
181
-
Workplaces
Workplaces other than
the above
-
-
-
-
-
70
15
-
1500
285
845
1117
-
327
2007
Total
5
Table IX. —Matters Dealt With.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Notices
Issued.
Prosecutions.
Notified
by
Home
Office.
Remedied.
Notified
to
Home
Office.
Found.
Nuisances under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
83
83
-
Want of Cleanliness
4
83
-
Want of Ventilation
19
1
19
19
-
-
Want of Air Space : Overcrowding
2
-
2
-
2
-
40
5
Sanitary (Insufficient
40
-
40
-
1
30
30
-
30
Accommodation- Unsuitable
-
11
-
(s. 38) (Not Separate for Sexes
11
11
-
-
22
-
22
Want of Drainage of Floors
22
-
-
204
204
--
204
Other Nuisances
-
-
Contraventions of Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901.
Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for
Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107)
-
-
-
-
-
Giving out work to be done Unwholesome (s. 108)
-
-
-
-
-
-
in premises which are (Infected (s. 110)
-
-
-
-
-
Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises
infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109)
Other Contraventions
-
-
-
-
-
-
411
411
411
5
6
-
Table VIII.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1903. | Number of Notices, 1903. | Number of Prosecutions, 1903. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1902. | Added in 1903. | Removed in 1903. | On Register at end of 1903. | ||||||
| Premises. | Rooms. | ||||||||
| Factories | Factory Laundries | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – |
| Factory Bakehouses | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Factories | 128 | 11 | – | 139 | – | 136 | 23 | – | |
| Workshops | Workshop Laundries | 46 | – | 23 | 23 | 56 | 68 | 26 | – |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 105 | – | – | 105 | – | 311 | 63 | – | |
| Other Workshops | 966 | 177 | 821 | 322 | 410 | 489 | 92 | 5 | |
| Outworkers' Premises | 252 | 93 | – | 345 | – | 205 | 31 | – | |
| Workplaces | Workplaces where Food is prepared for Sale | – | 181 | – | 181 | – | 76 | 723 | – |
| Workplaces other than the above | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 70 | – | |
| Total | 1500 | 285 | 845 | 1117 | – | 2007 | 327 | 5 | |
Table IX.—Matters Dealt With.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 83 | 4 | 83 | – | 83 | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 19 | 1 | 19 | – | 19 | – |
| Want of Air Space : Overcrowding | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Sanitary (Insufficient | 40 | – | 40 | – | 40 | 5 |
| Accommodation- Unsuitable | 30 | 1 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| (s. 38) Not Separate for Sexes | 11 | – | 11 | – | 11 | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 22 | – | 22 | – | 22 | – |
| Other Nuisances | 204 | – | 204 | – | 204 | – |
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | ||||||
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Giving out work to be done Unwholesome (s. 108) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| in premises which are Infected (s. 110) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109) Other Contraventions | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 411 | 6 | 411 | – | 411 | 5 |