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Camberwell 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors in 1929.
Premises.
(1)
Number of
Inspections.
(2)
Written
Notices.
(3)
Prosecutions.
(4)
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
825
45
—
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
1,095
45
—
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
premises)
Total
1,920
90
—
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Number of
Prosecution.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness
26
25
—
—
Want of ventilation
5
—
—
—
Overcrowding
—
—
—
—
Want of drainage floors
—
—
—
—
Other nuisances
35
30
1
—
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient
—
—
—
—
Unsuitable or defective
77
74
—
—
Not separate for sexes
3
2
—
—
Offences under the Factory and
Workshop Acts:-
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (s. 101)
—
—
—
—
Other offences [excluding offences
relating to outwork and
offences under the Sections
mentioned in the Schedule to
the Ministry of Health (Factories
and Workshops Transfer
of Powers) Order, 1921]
11
11
11
—
Total
157
142
12
—
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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