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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Premises. | Number | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 191 | 67 | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 884 | 263 | —_ |
Workplaces | 3829 | 421 | 2 |
Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers) | 858 | 119 | — |
Total | 5762 | 870 | 2 |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 535 | 546 | ... | ... |
Want of Ventilation | 31 | 31 | ... | ... |
Overcrowding | 17 | 17 | ... | ... |
Want of drainage of floors | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
Other nuisances | 586 | 570 | ... | 2 |
Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
Insufficient | 15 | 15 | ... | ... |
Unsuitable or defective | 33 | 33 | ... | ... |
Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
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 | 1232 | 1227 | 2 |
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts