London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1915
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises, | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 216 | 7 | — | |||
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1141 | 24 | — | |||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Table 3) | 108 | 6 | — | |||
| Total | 1465 | 37 | — | |||
| Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. | ||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—* | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 24 | 24 | — | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 10 | 10 | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation : Insufficient | — | — | — | — | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 27 | 27 | — | — | ||
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses(ss. 97-100) | 44 | 44 | — | — | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 112 | 112 | — | — | ||
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.