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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
Camberwell 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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xxiii.
Matters dealt with.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | |||
| Matters under the Public Health (London) Act,1891 | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 153 | 2 | 153 | 2 | 153 | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Want of Air Space : Overcrowding | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation (s. 38) : | „ | |||||
| Insufficient | 47 | – | 44 | – | 47 | – |
| Unsuitable | 40 | – | 40 | – | 38 | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 12 | – | 12 | – | 7 | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 15 | – | 15 | – | 15 | – |
| Other Nuisances | 120 | – | 120 | – | 120 | – |
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | I- | |||||
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | — | – | – |
| Failure as regards List of Outworkers (s. 107) | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are: | 1 ! | i .1 | ||||
| Unwholesome (s. 108) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Infected (s 110) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Smallpox (s. 109) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Contraventions | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 395 | 2 | 392 | 2 | 388 | 3 |
Cases reported to H.M. Inspector:—
Abstract not affixed 37
As to action taken in cases notified by H.M. Inspector 1
- Other cases (new workshops notified) 3
Number of underground bakehouses in use at the end of 1903 72
Certificates granted (s. 101) 27
Number of workshop rooms measured 14