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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TABLE VIII Miss G. D. BEVAN. FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. REPORT OP WORK DONE from January 1st, 1903, to December 31st, 1903.
No. of Visits. | Complaints. | Statutory Notices. | Intimation Notices. | Improvements effeeted 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. | Summonses. | Infectious Diseases among Outworkers. | |||
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Whitewashing required and carried out. | Unsatisfactory condition of w.c.'s, etc. | Slight. | Decided. | ||||||||||||||
Eating-houses | 69 | .. | .. | 20 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. |
Workshops (new) | 102 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Systematic Re-inspections of ditto | 656 | .. | 3 | 35 | 10 | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Laundries (new) | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Systematic Re-inspections of ditto | 174 | .. | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Factories | 147 | .. | .. | 19 | .. | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Visits re complaints | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-inspections re Notices | 126 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Public Lavatories (Women) | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re Infectious Disease | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Miscellaneous | 719 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Outworkers | 721 | .. | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
Totals | 2,773 | 3 | 7 | 103 | 37 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | 19 |