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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Factory Act, 1937.
The following tables are presented in the form required bv
the Home Office.
I—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors in 1938.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories with Mechanical Power | 822 | 47 | – |
| Factories without Mechanical Power, other Premises under the Act (including Works of Building and Engineering Construction but not including Outworkers' Premises) | 488 | 26 | – |
| Total | 1,310 | 73 | – |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 136 | 127 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – |
| Unreasonable Temperature | – | – | – | – |
| Inadequate Ventilation | 13 | 13 | – | – |
| Inefective Drainage of Floors | – | – | – | – |
| Sanitary Conveniences— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 52 | 46 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – |
| Other offences (Not including offences relating to home work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921. and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937). | 94 | 82 | 5 | – |
| Total | 301 | 274 | 5 | – |