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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The following report is required to be submitted annually to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department and contains a
summary of the inspections made and the defects found and remedied
in factories and workshops within the Borough.
I.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
I.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors in 1935.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 738 | 76 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 875 | 87 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 1,613 | 163 | – |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 173 | 142 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of drainage floors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 109 | 82 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 66 | 45 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 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 (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921] | 6 | 6 | 6 | – |
| Total | 362 | 281 | 6 | – |
"Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.