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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Table 47.
(This form has been supplied for the use of Medical Officers of Health at
the request of the Secretary of State.)
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 93 | 35 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1529 | 498 | 2 |
| Workplaces | 1125 | 557 | 2 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 654 | 252 | 1 |
| Total | 3401 | 1342 | 5 |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 571 | 521 | ... | 1 |
| Want of Ventilation | 90 | 84 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 18 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 10 | 7 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 975 | 875 | ... | 3 |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 39 | 29 | ... | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective | 112 | 98 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 13 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:- | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unwholesome (S. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Infected (S. 110) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet | ||||
| fever or small-pox (S. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1828 | 1641 | ... | 5 |
| *Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||