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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 20. 4.—Registered Workshops.

TABLE 20. 4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops, Workplaces, etc., on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
Bakehouses (including Factory Bakehouses)89
Eating houses and places where food is prepared for sale582
Ice Cream Shops225
Laundries13
Dressmakers, Milliners, etc.18
Tailoring33
Brushmakers11
Miscellaneous2004
Total number of Workshops, Workplaces, etc., on Register2975

Table: 5.—Other Matters.

5.—Other Matters.

Class.Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133)2
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5):—
Notified by H.M. Inspector18
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors18
Other—
Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):—
In use at end of the year21

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WOMEN'S WORKSHOPS.
The supervision of the Women's Workshops was carried out during
the year by Miss G. Briggs.
574 inspections and 187 re-inspections were made.

Table: The following defects were discovered, and 11 intimations and 1 statutory notice were served in order to obtain the abatement of the nuisances complained of:—

The following defects were discovered, and 11 intimations and 1 statutory notice were served in order to obtain the abatement of the nuisances complained of:—

Water apparatus defective19
Roofs defective2
Rooms dirty35
Closet Pans and Traps15
Miscellaneous nuisances63
Total134

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All the above-mentioned nuisances were remedied.