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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 1926

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926. On the Administration of 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 XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926. On the Administration of 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)214111
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)24016
Workplaces (other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report)32662
Total780891

Table: 2 —DEFECTS FOUND.

2 —DEFECTS FOUND.

PARTICULARSNumber of Defects.Number of Prosecutions
Found.Remedied.Referred toH M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of Cleanliness4444
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of Drainage of Floors77
Other Nuisances111
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient22
Unsuitable or defective1414
Not Separate for Sexes22
Offences under the Factory and Worhshcp 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)
Total70701