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Camberwell 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1923.
Number of
Premises.
Prosecutions.
Inspections.
Written notices.
Factories (including laundries)
Workshops (including laundries)
677
1,624
1
106
2,301
106
1
Bakehouses.
Number in use.
Inspections.
Written notices.
Prosecutions.
137
515
24
-
Defects Found.
Number of Defects.
Particulars.
Referred
H.M.
Inspector.
Found.
Remedied.
Prosecutions.
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:
Want of cleanliness
39
28
1
-
Want of ventilation
2
2
-
-
Overcrowding
3
3
-
-
Want of floor drainage
1
1
-
-
Other nuisances
48
Sanitary accommodation—
32
1
1
Insufficient
3
2
-
-
Unsuitable or defective
42
32
-
-
Not separate for sexes
3
Offences tinder Factory & Workshop
Act:—
-
1
-
-
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (sec. 101)
-
-
-
Breach of special sanitary requirements
for bakehouses
(ss. 97-100)
23
23
-
-
-
Other offences
-
-
-
1
164
124
2
Outworkers.
In accordance with Section 107, lists of outworkers were received from 74
persons carrying on business in Camberwell, in addition to those forwarded by
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1923.
| Premises. | Number of | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | ||
| Factories (including laundries) | 677 | 106 | 1 |
| Workshops (including laundries) | 1,624 | ||
| 2,301 | 106 | 1 | |
Bakehouses.
| Number in use. | Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | 515 | 24 | – |
Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 39 | 28 | 1 | – |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Want of floor drainage | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 48 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 42 | 32 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Offences tinder Factory & Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (sec. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 23 | 23 | – | – |
| Other offences | – | – | – | – |
| 164 | 124 | 2 | 1 | |