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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 1921
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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Table XI. —Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
Inspection.
Premises.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises)
Total
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
71
46
109
226
36
26
42
1
-
-
104
1
Defects found.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Particulars.
Found.
Remedied
32
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts—
Want of Cleanliness
32
15
-
Want of Ventilation
2
2
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
-
-
1
1
Want of Drainage of Floors
1
-
Other Nuisances
67
67
-
-
Sanitary Accommodation —
Insufficient
4
-
4
1
4
4
-
-
Unsuitable or Defective
-
-
-
Not separate for Sexes
-
Offences under the Factory and
Workshop Act —
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse
(s. 101)
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirement
for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to
100)
-
-
-
-
-
Other Offences
-
-
-
110
1
Total
110
16
Table XI.—Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 71 | 36 | 1 |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 46 | 26 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 109 | 42 | – |
| Total | 226 | 104 | 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 | 32 | 32 | 15 | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Other Nuisances | 67 | 67 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | 4 | 4 | – | 1 |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | – | – | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirement for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | – | – | – | – |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 110 | 110 | 16 | 1 |