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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

Lambeth 1951

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

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Table: HOME OFFICE TABLE FACTORIES, AND OTHER PREMISES. 1.- INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

HOME OFFICE TABLE FACTORIES, AND OTHER PREMISES. 1.- INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

PremisesNumber on RegisterInspectionsNumber of
Written NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
FACTORIES:
Kith mechanical power56845442-
Without mechanical power2071798-
OTHER PREMISES, under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction rat not including outworkers premises)7999-
TOTAL854732.50-
2. - DEFECTS FOUND
ParticularsNumber of DefectsReferred to H. P. InspectorNo. of defects in respect of which prosecut ions were instituted
FoundRemedi edReferred by H. M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
lant of cleanliness (S.1)3229-8-
Overcrowding (S. 2)-----—
Unreasonable Temperature (S. 3)44-2-
Inadequate ventilation (S. 4)-----
Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6)22-2-
Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7) Insufficient44-4-
Unsuitable or defective3731-18-
Not separate for sexes43-1-
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)23191--
TOTAL10692135-