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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 603 | 34 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1560 | 57 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 152 | 23 | — |
| Total | 2315 | 114 | — |
Table 14.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (1) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | - | - | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 52 | 52 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illegal occupaion 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 | 96 | 96 | - | - | |
| *Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||