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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE V.—FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
No. of Visits.
Want of
Cleanliness.
Overcrowding
and Defective
Ventilation.
Defective
Roof, &c., and
Dampness.
Sanitary
Accommodation.
Defective Yards
and Paving.
Defective
Dust-bins.
Other Defects.
Notices.
Summonses.
Intimation.
Statutory.
Insufficient.
Dirty or
Defective.
Not
Separate.
1915.
Complaints
8
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Workshops (new)
68
2
-
7
-
-
5
1
1
15
2
Do. (old)
442
-
-
Laundries (new)
1
1—29
-
1
-
1
Do. (old)
38
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Factories (new)
12
-
-
6
-
-
-
6
Do. (old)
135
-
-
-
-
-
Outworkers (new)
620
28
10
-
1
14
6
Do. (old)
756
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eating Houses
88
2
-
3
3
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Schools
40
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Re Work in Hand
191
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
52
21
-
Visits, &c., Verminous Cases
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
57
Cleansing Station
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Miscellaneous
1,150
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
8
-
3,658
52
1
20
-
-
15
1
4
1
52
G.D. BEVAN
TABLE V.—FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
| 1915. | No. of Visits. | Want of Cleanliness. | Overcrowding and Defective Ventilation. | Defective Roof, &c., and Dampness. | Sanitary Accommodation. | Defective Yards and Paving. | Defective Dust-bins. | Other Defects. | Notices. | Summonses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient. | Not Separate. | Dirty or Defective. | Intimation. | Statutory. | |||||||||
| Complaints | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Workshops (new) | 68 | 2 | – | 7 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 15 | 2 | – |
| Do. (old) | 442 | ||||||||||||
| Laundries (new) | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Factories (new) | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Do. (old) | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Outworkers (new) | 756 | 28 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 14 | 6 | – |
| Do. (old) | 620 | ||||||||||||
| Eating Houses | 88 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | – |
| Schools | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Re Work in Hand | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Visits, &c., Verminous Cases | 52 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Cleansing Station | 57 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,658 | 52 | 1 | 20 | – | – | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 8 | – |