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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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HOME OFFICE TABLE FACTORIES, AND OTHER PURPOSES. 1.- INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises (1) | Number on Register (2) | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections (3) | Written Notices (4) | Occupiers prosecute (5) | |||
| FACTORIES: | |||||
| With Mechanical power | 591 | 389 | 17 | - | |
| Without mechanical power | 196 | 116 | 6 | - | |
| OTHER PREMISES under the Act (Including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 98 | 147 | 1 | - | |
| TOTAL | 885 | 652 | 24 | ||
| 2.-DEFECTS FOUND | |||||
| Particulars (1) | Number of Defects | Referred by H.M. Inspector (5) | No. of defect in respect of which prosecution were institute (6) | ||
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable Temperature (S. 3) | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) | 1 | 1 | _ | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7) Insufficient | 6 | 5 | - | 3 | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 11 | 10 | - | 7 | _ |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 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) | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 51 | 46 | 2 | 14 | - |