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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1912.
| No. of Visits. | Want of Cleanliness. | Overcrowding and Defective Ventilation. | Defective Root and Dampness. | Sanitary Accommodation. | Defective Yard and Paving. | Defective Dust-bins. | Other Defects. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Summonses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient. | Not Separate for the Sexes. | Dirty and Defective. | |||||||||||
| Complaints | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Workshops (new) | 105 | 3 | 6 | 7 | – | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 28 | 4 | – |
| Do. (old) | 533 | ||||||||||||
| Laundries (new) | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – |
| Do. (old) | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Factories (new) | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 13 | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | – |
| Do. (old) | 115 | ||||||||||||
| Outworkers (new) | 615 | 29 | – | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 11 | 3 | – |
| Do (old) | 710 | ||||||||||||
| Eating Houses | 99 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 9 | 2 | – |
| Schools | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Re Work in Hand | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,085 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,593 | 40 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 3 | – | 67 | 11 | – |
G. D. B AN.