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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories | 718 | 6 | – |
| (including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 1,337 | 4 | |
| (including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 34 | ||
| (other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Totals | 2,089 | 10 | — |
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 8 | 8 | – | – | |
| Want of ventilation | – | – | – | – | |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | |
| Want of drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | |
| Other nuisances | – | – | – | – | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | – | – | – | – |
| unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| 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) | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | – | – | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.