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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Outworkers.
| No. of Lists received from Employers | 97 |
| Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils | 232 |
| ,, „ „ forwarded to other Councils | 115 |
| No. of visits made to Outworkers | 97 |
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 797 | 7 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1699 | 12 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 146 | 1 | — |
| Total | 2642 | 20 | — |
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 31 | 31 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 43 | 43 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 40 | 40 | — | — | |
| 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 | 119 | 119 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.