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Bermondsey 1907

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1907

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Table X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework
(1) Inspection.
Premises.
Number of
Written Notices.
Prosecutions.
Inspections.
24
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
78
...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
239
85
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises)
...
595
237
...
912
346
...
Total
(2) Defects Found.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Particulars.
...
162
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
I
162
...
Want of Cleanliness
Want of Ventilation
3
3
...
Overcrowding
5
...
5
...
Want of Drainage of Floors
...
45
45
...
Other Nuisances
...
218
216
...
...
Sanitary Accommodation
Insufficient
Unsuitable or Defective
Not separate for Sexes
8
8
...
97
...
96
...
6
...
6
...
...
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
...
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)
...
...
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss.
97 to 100)
...
12
...
12
...
Other Offences
2
2
1
1
...
558
Total
555
...
(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)
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Inspectors as remediable under the
Public Health Acts, but not under the
Factory Act (s. 7)
Notified by H.M. Inspectors
Reports (of action taken) sent to
H.M. Inspectors
2
2
Other
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)—
Certificates granted during 1906
...
Certificates granted during 1906
In use at end of 1907
...
...
33
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1907
661
Workshop Bakehouses
86
747
Total number of Workshops on Register

Table X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. (1) Inspection.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)7824...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)23985...
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises)595237...
Total912346...

(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 Cleanliness162162......
Want of Ventilation33......
Overcrowding55......
Want of Drainage of Floors4545......
Other Nuisances218216......
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient88......
Unsuitable or Defective9796......
Not separate for Sexes66......
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)............
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)1212......
Other Offences221...
Total5585551...

(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)...
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 7)Notified by H.M. Inspectors2
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors2
Other...
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— Certificates granted during 1906...
Certificates granted during 1906...
In use at end of 190733
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1907661
Workshop Bakehouses86
Total number of Workshops on Register747