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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

Deptford 1914

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the your 1914. On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES,AND HOMEWORK. 1. INSPECTION. Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspection on Inspection of Nuisances.

Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the your 1914. On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES,AND HOMEWORK. 1. INSPECTION. Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspection on Inspection of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)10614
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)28313
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)46236
Total85163
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARS.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of Cleanliness285284
Want of Ventilation33
Overcrowding11
Want of Drainage of Floors11
Other Nuisances150146
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient Unsuitable or defective Not Separate for Sexes33
8381
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 (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)
Total526519