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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 1923
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1923
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TABLE X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
Inspection.
Inspections.
Number of
Premises.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
83
27
-
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
26
130
-
-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises)
102
19
Total
315
72
-
Defects found.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Found.
Remedied
Referred to
H.M.
Inspector
Number
of Prosecutions.
Nuisances under the Public
Health Acts:-
Want of Cleanliness
-
20
20
-
3
-
-
„ Ventilation
3
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
-
Other Nuisances
-
-
40
-
40
-
Sanitary Accommodation.
Insufficient
1
1
-
-
-
Unsuitable or Defective
15
15
-
Not Separate for Sexes
2
2
-
-
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)
1
1
-
-
Other Offences
-
-
-
-
Total
82
82
-
-
TABLE X.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 83 | 27 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 130 | 26 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 102 | 19 | – |
| Total | 315 | 72 | – |
Defects found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:- | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 20 | 20 | – | – |
| „ Ventilation | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 40 | 40 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation. | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 15 | 15 | – | – |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 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) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 82 | 82 | – | – |