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

Penge 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: Inspection of Factories, Workshops andWorkplaces.

Inspection of Factories, Workshops and

Workplaces.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
Factories Including Factory Laundries254-
Workshops Including Workshop Laundries9544-
Workplaces Other than Outworkers' premises12810-
Total24858-

Table: Defects found in Factories, Workshops andWorkplaces.

Defects found in Factories, Workshops and

Workplaces.

Particulars.Number of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to HM. Inspect'r
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness3636--
Want of ventilation——--
Overcrowding-—--
Want of drainage of floors-—--
Other nuisances1616--
Sanitary accommodation : Insufficient22--
Unsuitable or defective22--
Not separate for sexes22--
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse----
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork pnd offences unler the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921).----
Total5858--

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including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.