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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
Bermondsey 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922
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TABLE X. — Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
Inspection.
Number of
Premises.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Inspections.
117
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
51
-
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
114
30
1
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises)
181
46
-
Total
412
127
1
Defects found.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Particulars.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Remedied.
Found.
Nuisances under the Public
Health Acts—
Want of Cleanliness
23
23
-
-
Want of Ventilation
3
3
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
1
1
-
-
59
Other Nuisances
59
1
-
Sanitary Accommodation—
3
3
Insufficient
-
-
54
54
Unsuitable or Defective
-
-
1
1
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 to 100)
-
-
-
-
Other Offences
-
-
-
-
Total
144
144
-
1
-
-
TABLE X. — Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection.
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 117 | 51 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 114 | 30 | 1 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 181 | 46 | – |
| Total | 412 | 127 | 1 |
Defects found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 23 | 23 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 59 | 59 | – | 1 |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 54 | 54 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s.101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 144 | 144 | – | 1 |