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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
Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 53.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—Inspection (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 109 | 34 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1208 | 318 | 1 |
| Workplaces | 4113 | 896 | 4 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 1184 | 383 | 2 |
| Total | 6614 | 1631 | 7 |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 970 | 967 | ... | 3 |
| Want of Ventilation | 14 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 18 | 18 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 47 | 46 | ... | 1 |
| Other nuisances | 1064 | 1091 | ... | 3 |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 22 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 2139 | 2155 | ... | 7 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.