Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Premises. | Number of | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 167 | 41 | ... | ||
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries | 2311 | 656 | 2 | ||
Workplaces | 2883 | 624 | 1 | ||
Homeworkers' Premises | 1254 | 257 | ... | ||
Total | 6615 | 1578 | 3 | ||
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
* Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
Want of Cleanliness | 1100 | 1141 | ... | ... | |
Want of Ventilation | 18 | 21 | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | 18 | 20 | ... | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | 45 | 37 | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 1044 | 1097 | ... | 2 | |
Sanitary accommodations: | |||||
Insufficient | 12 | 10 | ... | 1 | |
Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | |||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | |||
Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ||
Total | 2243 | 2332 | ... | 3 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. |