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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 1936
[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 1936.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 790 | 106 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 963 | 95 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 1,753 | 201 | – |
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 | 182 | 159 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 7 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Want of drainage floors | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 129 | 108 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 75 | 65 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 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] | 4 | 4 | 4 | – |
| Total | 405 | 348 | 4 | – |
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The following tables are required to be submitted annually to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department and contain a
summary of the inspections made and the defects found and
remedied in factories and workshops within the Borough.