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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
In accordance with the provisions of the above Act, I submit
a report stating the work which has been carried out under its
provisions in the year 1913.
There were 306 inspections of factories, against 396 in 1912,
and 1,883 of workshops, against 2,635 in the previous year. This
decrease is due to an undoubted lessening of workshops and workplaces,
some of which have been given up owing sometimes to loss
of trade, and also to the increasing tendency of some of the smaller
traders and workers to disappear and to be merged into the larger
establishments. Exceptionally, the number of workplaces inspected
is greater than last year, there being 970 recorded instead of 815.
1.—INPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 306 | 9 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,883 | 56 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises, included in Part 3 of this Report) | 970 | 32 | – |
| Total | 3,159 | 97 | – |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Act:-* | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 93 | 93 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | – | – | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 88 | 88 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | . | < | ||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 71 | 71 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:- | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – |
| Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 262 | 262 | – | – |
*including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and Work.
shops Act. 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Act.