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Bermondsey 1932

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1932

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
Factories (including Factory Laundries)61014
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)13717
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises)15217
Total89948
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ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
Want of Cleanliness44
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of Drainage of Floors
Other Nuisances1717
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient11
Unsuitable or Defective1717
Not separate for Sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
Workshop Act— Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bake-houses (ss. 97 to 100)3333
Other Offences33
Total7575