Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 58.
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) | 202 | 64 | 1 |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1139 | 319 | 4 |
Workplaces | 4239 | 516 | 6 |
Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers) | 871 | 134 | 1 |
Total | 6451 | 1033 | 12 |
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 | 655 | 645 | ... | 2 |
Want of Ventilation | 36 | 33 | ... | 1 |
Overcrowding | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Want of drainage of floors | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
Other nuisances | 723 | 708 | ... | |
Sanitary accommodations | ||||
Insufficient | 23 | 22 | ... | ... |
Unsuitable or defective | 35 | 35 | ... | 1 |
Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 |
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 | 1492 | 1463 | ... | 12 |
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.