Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925
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TABLE VI.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 103 | 16 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 294 | 27 | – |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | 34 | 11 | – |
Total | 431 | 54 | – |
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 | 14 | 14 | – | – |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 23 | 23 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | 18 | 18 | – | – |
Not separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | – | – |
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 | 65 | 65 | – | – |