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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 1927
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927
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TABLE VI.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
INSPECTION.
Premises
Number of
Inspections
Written
Notices
Prosecutions
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
170
17
-
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
420
-
26
Workplaces (other than Out workers'
Premises)
40
20
-
630
63
-
Total
DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars
Number of Defects
Number
of
Prosecutions
Remedied
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector
Found
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts —
Want of Cleanliness
21
21
-
-
Want of Ventilation
5
5
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
-
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
1
1
-
-
Other Nuisances
37
37
-
-
Sanitary Accommodation —
Insufficient
12
12
-
-
Unsuitable or Defective
11
11
-
-
Not separate for Sexes
-
-
-
-
Offences under the Factory and
Workshop Act—
Illegal Occupation of Underground
ground Bakehouse (s.101)
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements
for Bake houses
(ss. 97 to 100)
34
34
-
-
Other Offences
-
-
-
-
121
121
-
-
Total
TABLE VI.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 170 | 17 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 420 | 26 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 40 | 20 | – |
| Total | 630 | 63 | – |
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 | 21 | 21 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 37 | 37 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 12 | 12 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 11 | 11 | – | – |
| Not separate for Sexes | – | – | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground ground Bakehouse (s.101) | – | – | – | – |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bake houses (ss. 97 to 100) | 34 | 34 | – | – |
| Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 121 | 121 | – | – |