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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The following tables are presented in the form required by
the Home Office.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES INSPECTIONS MADE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS IN 1937.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 782 | 59 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 988 | 70 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers premises) | |||
| Total | 1,770 | 129 | – |
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 | 163 | 154 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Want of drainage floors | – | – | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 104 | 91 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 54 | 49 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – |
| 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] | 8 | 8 | 8 | – |
| Total | 344 | 317 | 8 | – |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.