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 1928
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 304 | 6 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 316 | 10 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 67 | 3 | – |
Total | 687 | 19 | – |
DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number at Prosecutions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts — | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Overcrowding | — | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 26 | 26 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | 9 | 9 | – | – |
Not separate for Sexes | – | – | – | – |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act-Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bake houses (ss. 97 to 100) | 25 | 25 | – | – |
Other Offences | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Total | 73 | 73 | – | – |