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
Southwark 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Premises. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 421 | 78 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 564 | 97 | — |
| Workplaces | 5651 | 323 | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises (including Out-workers) | 361 | 3 | — |
| Total | 6997 | 501 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 296 | 302 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | 29 | 20 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 424 | 458 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodations : | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 43 | 41 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes ... | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary require ments for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 92 | 92 | — | — |
| Total | 891 | 920 | — | — |