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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 529 | 39 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1655 | 47 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 686 | 5 | – |
| Total | 2870 | 91 | – |
(2).
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 20 | 20 | – | – | |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| Want of drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | |
| Other nuisances | 58 | 58 | – | – | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 91 | 89 | – | – | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 amd 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act. 1901. as remediable under the Public Health Acts.