London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Crayford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 85 | 13 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 44 | 4 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 13 | 2 | — |
| Total | 142 | 19 | — |
2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| ,, Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | —r | — |
| Other Nuisances | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — | — | — |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 24 | 24 | — | — |