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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories(including Factory Laundries)4151—
Workshops(including Workshop Laundries)9691—
Workplaces(other than Outworkers' premises)26——
Total1,4102—

Table: Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
Found.RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—*Want of cleanliness————
Want of ventilation————
Overcrowding1—1—
Want of drainage of floors————
Other nuisances————
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient————
unsuitable or defective11——
not separate for sexes————
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :—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)————
Total211—

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*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.