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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 2 | 2 | _ | — | |
| 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 | 17 | 15 | — | ||
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
Shops Act, 1934.
This Act received the Royal Assent on the 25th July, 1934, and
came into operation on the 30th December, 1934.
The Act contains important provisions for : —
(a) Regulating the hours of employment of persons under
the age of 18 years employed about the business of a shop or
in retail trade elsewhere, and in particular for limiting the
normal hours of employment of such young persons to a fortyeight
hour week (fifty-two hours a week before the 27th
December, 1936), and