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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE V.—FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
Sanitary
Accommodation.
Defective Yards
and Paving.
Notices.
Defective
Roof, &c., and
Dampness.
No. of Visits.
Overcrowding
and Defective
Ventilation.
Summonses.
Want of
Cleanliness.
Defective
Dust-bins.
Intimation.
Statutory.
Insufficient.
Not
Separate.
Dirty or
Defective.
1914.
Complaints
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Workshops (new)
50
6
5
5
2
1
19
2
4
Do. (old)
426
-
-
-
1
1
Laundries (new)
1
1
3
2
55
-
-
-
-
-
-
Do. (old)
Factories (new)
6
-
4
8
12
-
-
Do. (old)
127
-
-
-
-
-
423
26
Outworkers (new)
7
891
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Do (old)
99
4
6
1
Eating Houses
2
2
2
1
-
-
-
-
48
Schools
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Re Work in Hand
162
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,224
Miscellaneous
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
3,527
37
5
9
4
-
16
5
2
48
5
G.D. BEVAN.
TABLE V.—FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
| 1914. | No. of Visits. | Want of Cleanliness. | Overcrowding and Defective Ventilation. | Defective Roof, &c., and Dampness. | Sanitary Accommodation. | Defective Yards and Paving. | Defective Dust-bins. | Notices. | Summonses. | Other Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient. | Not Separate. | Dirty or Defective. | Intimation. | Statutory. | |||||||||
| Complaints | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Workshops (new) | 50 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 426 | ||||||||||||
| Laundries (new) | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Factories (new) | 6 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 8 | – | – | 12 | – | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 127 | ||||||||||||
| Outworkers (new) | 423 | 26 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| Do (old) | 891 | ||||||||||||
| Eating Houses | 99 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| Schools | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Re Work in Hand | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,527 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 4 | – | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 5 | – | – |