Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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in the course of the work carried on therein, and
that may be a nuisance, or injurious or dangerous
to health;
(b.) That no over-crowding dangerous or injurious
to the health of the persons employed therein is
allowed, and that a Notice specifying the number
of persons who may be employed in each workroom
at any one time, is fixed in a suitable
position, and so as to be easily read;
(c.) That all workshops are kept free from effluvia
arising from drains, closets, urinals, or other
nuisances;
(d.) That all workshops are regularly lime-washed,
cleansed, and purified;
(e.) That due written Notice is forthwith given to the
Factory Inspector of any child, young person, or
woman, employed in a workshop;
(f.) That no wearing apparel is to be made, cleaned,
or repaired in any dwelling house or building
occupied in connection with any workshop or any
place from which any such work is given out,
whilst any inmate of the dwelling house is (within
the knowledge of the occupier of the workshop or
place or his Contractor) suffering from Scarlet
Fever or Smallpox;
(g.) That all workrooms are properly and adequately
warmed, and maintained at a reasonable temperature;
(h.) That every workshop is provided with sufficient
and suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary
conveniences, having regard to the number of