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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars.
Number of Defects
Number of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H. M.
Inspector.
-
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—*
35
Want of Cleanliness
3
35
Want of Ventilation
1
1
-
-
-
2
Overcrowding
2
-
-
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
-
-
Other Nuisances
-
-
-
-
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient
2
2
-
-
62
-
Unsuitable or Defective
62
-
Not separate for Sexes
-
-
-
-
Offences under the Factory and
Workshop Acts:—
Illegal Occupation of Underground
Bakehouses (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
102
-
102
-
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and Work.
shop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
4, —REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops and Workplaces on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.
Number.
Important classes of
workshops, such as
workshop bakehouses,
may be
enumerated here.
Laundries
88
Clothing (wholesale and private)
415
Preparation of food
341
Building trades
68
Bakehouses
162
Miscellaneous
931
Total number of workshops on Register
2,005
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class.
Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901)
27
2
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Inspector as remediable under the Public
Health Acts, but not under the Factory
and Workshop Acts (s, 5, 1901)
Notified by H.M. Inspector
Reports (of action taken)
sent to H.M. Inspector
2
-
Other
54
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
_
In use at the end of the year
FRANCIS STEVENS, Medical Officer of Health.
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | 3 | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 35 | 35 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | – | – | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 62 | 62 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | – | – | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouses (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 | 102 | 102 | – | – |
4,—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops and Workplaces on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Laundries | 88 |
| Clothing (wholesale and private) | 415 | |
| Preparation of food | 341 | |
| Building trades | 68 | |
| Bakehouses | 162 | |
| Miscellaneous | 931 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 2,005 | |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901) | 27 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Acts (s, 5, 1901) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 2 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 2 | |
| Other | – | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | _ | |
| In use at the end of the year | 54 | |