London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Premises, | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 87 | 8 | — | |||
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1490 | 59 | — | |||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 316 | 17 | — | |||
| Total | 1893 | 84 | — | |||
| Dealt with under Public Health (London) Act—* Want of cleanliness | 146 | 146 | — | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 47 | 47 | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation : | ||||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Defective or unsuitable | 40 | 40 | — | — | ||
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | ||
| Under the Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 40 | 40 | — | — | ||
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 281 | 281 | — | — | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.