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 1937
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK
INSPECTION.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 2,361 | 72 | – |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 562 | 74 | – |
Workplaces (other than Out workers' Premises) | 6,468 | 15 | – |
Total | 9,391 | 161 | – |
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 | 17 | – | 17 | – |
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
Want of Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
Other Nuisances | 49 | 49 | – | – |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | 86 | 86 | – | – |
Not separate for Sexes | 1 | 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) | 22 | 22 | – | – |
Other Offences | – | – | – | – |
Total | 183 | 183 | – | – |