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 1931
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FACTORIES WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 954 | 27 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 310 | 18 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 191 | 7 | – |
Total | 1455 | 52 | – |
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 | 33 | 33 | — | — |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | – | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | – | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 27 | 27 | – | — |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 18 | 18 | — | — |
Mot 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) | 56 | 56 | — | — |
Other Offences | 4 | 4 | — | – |
Total | 145 | 145 |