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 1932
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
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Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 610 | 14 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 137 | 17 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 152 | 17 | – |
Total | 899 | 48 | – |
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Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | – | – |
Want of Ventilation | – | – | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 17 | 17 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | 17 | 17 | – | – |
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) | 33 | 33 | – | |
Other Offences | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Total | 75 | 75 | – | – |