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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
Camberwell 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors in 1925.
| Premises, (i) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) Workshops (including Workshop Laundris) | 782 | 41 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 1,214 | 99 | – |
| Total | 1,996 | 140 | – |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 43 | 43 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of drainage floors | – | – | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 107 | 105 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Other offences [excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Fac-tories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 163 | 159 | – | – |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.