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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1910.
| No. of Visits. | Want of Cleanliness. | Overcrowding and Defective Ventilation. | Defective Roof and Dampness. | Sanitary Accommodation. | Defective Yard and Paving. | Defective Dust-bins. | Other Defects. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Summonses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defective or Dirty. | Insufficient. | Not Separate for the Sexes. | |||||||||||
| Complaints | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Workshops (new) | 93 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 499 | ||||||||||||
| Laundries (new) | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Factories (new) | 3 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 120 | ||||||||||||
| Outworkers (new) | 578 | 35 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Do (old) | 711 | ||||||||||||
| Schools | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Re Work in Hand | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eating Houses | 107 | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,594 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 13 | – |
G. D. BEVAN.