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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 1905
Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...
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xxii.
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 52 | 52 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Overcrowding | 11 | 11 | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 7 | 6 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 58 | 63 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodations: Insufficient | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 93 | 101 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | – | 8 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s.101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – |
| Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | – | – | – | – |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are: Unwholesome (s. 108) | – | – | – | – |
| Infected (s. 110) | – | – | – | – |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Smallpox (s. 109) | – | – | – | |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| – | ||||
| Total | 229 | 249 | – | – |