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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 1914
[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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 170 | 58 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 898 | 304 | 4 |
| Workplaces | 3966 | 484 | 8 |
| Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers) | 1080 | 150 | — |
| Total | 6114 | 996 | 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 | 579 | 569 | ... | 1 |
| Want of Ventilation | 13 | 13 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 17 | 16 | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 650 | 647 | ... | 10 |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 14 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 35 | 34 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 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 | 1321 | 1301 | ... | 12 |
| Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||