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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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1904
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Table VIII. —continued.
(2) Defects Found.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred to
H.M.
Inspector.
Particulars.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts : —
Want of Cleanliness
180
180
-
-
11
Want of Ventilation
11
-
-
Overcrowding
3
3
3
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
23
23
Other Nuisances
-
213
206
-
I Insufficient
15
15
-
-
Sanitary Accommodations
-! Unsuitable or Defective
81
81
(Not Separate for Sexes
10
10
-
-
O-fenee» under tin- Factory and Workshop Act: —
-
-
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses
(ss. 97 to 100)
i
Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (s. 107)
-
-
-
-
G=iving out work to be done I 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 Offences
536
529
-
Total
-
(3) Other Matters.
Class.
Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories : —
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)
2
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Inspectors as remediable under the
Public Health Acts, but not under the
Factory Act (s. 5)
{Notified by H.M. Inspector
1
{Reports (of action taken) sent
{to H.M. Inspectors
1
Other
...
Underground Bakehouses (a. 101) : —
In use during 1903
33
{in 1903
33
Certificates granted
{in 1904
...
In use at the end of 1904
33
Number of
Homework:—
Hat of Outworkers (s. 107) :—
Lists.
outworkers.
Lists received
24
363
{forwarded to other Authorities
54
169
Addresses of outworkers
{received from other Authorities
283
86
Wearing
Apparel.
Other.
Homework in unwholesome or injected premises : —
Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108)
Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises
1
Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (s. 110)
1
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1904
476
Bakehouses
105
Total number of workshops on Register
Table VIII.—continued. (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 | 180 | 180 | – | – | |
| Want of Ventilation | 11 | 11 | – | – | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 23 | 23 | |||
| Other Nuisances | 213 | 206 | – | – | |
| Sanitary Accommodations | Insufficient | 15 | 15 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 81 | 81 | – | – | |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 10 | 10 | – | – | |
| Offence 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 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 Offences | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 536 | 529 | – | – | |
(3) Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 2 | ||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1 | |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 1 | ||
| Other | ... | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (a. 101):— | |||
| In use during 1903 | 33 | ||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 33 | |
| in 1904 | ... | ||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 33 | ||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||
| Hat of Outworkers (s. 107):— | Lists. | outworkers. | |
| Lists received | 24 | 363 | |
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 54 | 169 |
| received from other Authorities | 86 | 283 | |
| Homework in unwholesome or injected premises:— | Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) | ... | ... | |
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 1 | ... | |
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (s. 110) | 1 | ... | |
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1904 | 476 | ||
| Bakehouses | 105 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 581 | ||