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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

Deptford 1921

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1921. On the Administrationof the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1921. On the Administrationof the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)3037
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)3668
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)38625
Total105540
2 —DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARSNumber of Defects.Number of Prosecutions
Found.Remedied.Referred to H M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of Cleanliness3434
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding11
Want of Drainage of Floors11
Other Nuisances2929
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient75
Unsuitable or defective7575
Not Separate for Sexes
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act.
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bake house (sec. 101)
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss 97 to 100)
Other Offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)
Total147145