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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 1924
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1924
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Table X. — Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
Inspection.
Number of
Premises.
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
-
9
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
64
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
15
-
63
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises)
16
-
54
Total
181
40
-
Defects found.
Number of Defects
Particulars.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Nuisances under the Public
Health Acts—
Want of Cleanliness
-
18
18
-
Want of Ventilation
-
_
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
1
1
-
-
Other Nuisances
6
6
-
-
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient
4
4
-
-
Unsuitable or Defective
5
5
-
-
Not separate for Sexes
5
3
-
-
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)
2
2
-
-
Other Offences
-
-
-
-
Total
39
39
-
-
Table X. — Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 64 | 9 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 63 | 15 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 54 | 16 | – |
| Total | 181 | 40 | – |
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 | 18 | 18 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | – | _ | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| 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) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 39 | 39 | – | – |