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Bermondsey 1912

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912

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Table X. —Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
Inspection.
Number of.
Premises.
Written Notices.
Inspections.
Prosecutions.
197
55
...
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
86
41
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises)
221
124
...
504
220
...
Total
Defects Found.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Particulars.
Found.
Remedied.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts —
I
...
Want of Cleanliness
44
44
...
3
...
3
Want of Ventilation
...
...
Overcrowding
...
...
...
Want of Drainage of Floors
8
8
...
163
...
Other Nuisances
163
...
...
Sanitary Accommodation
Insufficient
Unsuitable or Defective
Not separate for Sexes
11
11
...
...
11
11
...
...
1
1
...
...
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)
...
6
6
...
Other Offences
...
...
...
...
...
Total
247
247
...
Other Matters.
Number.
Class.
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
8
8
Other
...
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) —
Certificates granted during 1912
...
In use at end of 1912
32
693
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1912
74
Workshop Bakehouses
Total number of Workshops on Register
767

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

Premises.Number of.
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)19755...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)8641...
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises)221124...
Total504220...

Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
Want of Cleanliness4444......
Want of Ventilation33......
Overcrowding............
Want of Drainage of Floors88......
Other Nuisances163163......
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient1111......
Unsuitable or Defective1111......
Not separate for Sexes11......
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)66......
Other Offences............
Total247247......

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. Inspectors8
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors8
Other...
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)—
Certificates granted during 1912...
In use at end of 191232
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1912693
Workshop Bakehouses74
Total number of Workshops on Register767