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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. Miss G. D. BEVAN. REPORT OF WORK DONE DURING 1908.
| No. of Visits. | Want of Cleanliness. | Overcrowding and Want of Ventilation. | Defective Roof, Dampness, &c. | Defective Yards and Flooring. | Sanitary Accommodation. | Miscellaneous Defects. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Summons. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty or Defective. | Insufficient | Not Separate. | Dirty or Uncovered Cisterns. | Defective Dust-bins. | Other Defects. | |||||||||
| Factories and Workshops Report:— | I | I | I | I I | ||||||||||
| Complaints and Visits re ditto | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Workshops (new) | 78 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | – |
| Do. (old) | 438 | |||||||||||||
| Laundries (new) | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Do. (old) | 99 | |||||||||||||
| Factories (new) | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 112 | |||||||||||||
| Outworkers (new) | 568 | 20 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – |
| Do (old) | 626 | |||||||||||||
| Visits re Infectious Disease on Outworkers' Premises | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Re-inspections re Work in Hand | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eating Houses | 100 | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 3,370 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | – |