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Lambeth 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Home Office Table.Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances)

Premises(1)Number of
Inspections (2)Written Notices (3)Occupiers prosecuted (4)
Factories(Including Factory Laundries)30217
Workshops(Including Workshop Laundries)34626-
Workplaces(Other than Outworkers' premises)3251-
Total97344-

2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces

ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the PublicHealth Acts :—*
Want of cleanliness7676--
Want of ventilation11--
Overcrowding--
Want of drainage of floors33--
Other nuisances ...66--
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient66--
Unsuitable or defective2626--
Not separate for sexes33--
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)__--
Other offences----
(Excluding offences relating to outwork andoffences under the Sec tions mentioned in theSchedule of the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921)
Total121121--

* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.