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 1936
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 1,621 | 60 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 662 | 65 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 6,011 | 12 | – |
Total | 8,294 | 137 | – |
DEFECTS FOUND,
Particulars | Number of Defects | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referral to H.M. Inspector | Number of Prosecutions | |
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 18 | 18 | – | – |
Want of Ventilation | – | – | – | – |
Overcrowding | 2 | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 37 | 37 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 11 | 11 | – | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | 67 | 67 | – | – |
Not separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | – | 1 |
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 | – | – | – | – |
Total | 193 | 193 | – | 1 |