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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1933
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1933
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
| INSPECTION. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises | Number of | ||
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 523 | 14 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 111 | 13 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 109 | 8 | – |
| Total | 743 | 35 | – |
DEFECTS FOUND
| Particulars | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | NUmber of Prosecutions | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts — | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 16 | 16 | – | – |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
| Other Nuisances | 17 | 17 | – | – |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 10 | 10 | – | – |
| 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) | 44 | 44 | – | – |
| Other Offences | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Total | 100 | 100 | – | – |