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
Bromley 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley Borough]
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Factories, Workshops Workplaces and Homework.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 9 | 2 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 254 | 20 | Nil. |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises in-cluded in part 3 of this Report) | |||
| Total | 263 (at least) | 22 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H. M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 32 | 32 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Want of Ventilation | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 22 | 22 | .. | ||
| not separate for sexes. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake house (ss. 97 to 100) | 28 | 28 | .. | .. | |
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 115 | 115 | .. | .. | |