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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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1.—Inspection (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
| Premises | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factories Laundries) | 368 | 53 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 590 | 81 | ... |
| Workplaces | 6206 | 274 | ... |
| Homeworkers' Promises (including Outworkers) | 215 | 2 | ... |
| Total | 7379 | 410 | ... |
2.—Defeats Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 276 | 291 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 7 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Other nuisances | 353 | 380 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodations: | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 43 | 44 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Work shop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences | 103 | 103 | ... | ... |
| Total | 790 | 835 | ... | ... |
| Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts, | ||||
WOMEN'S WORKSHOPS.
The supervision of the Women's Workshops was carried out during
the year by Miss Burrows.
928 inspections, and 661 re-inspections were made.
The following defects were discovered. and 22 intimations, and 6
statutory notices were served in order to obtain the abatement of the
nuisances complained of:—
Blocked Drains, unstopped
5
Water apparatus defective
29
Roofs defective
8
Paving defective
2
Rooms dirty
142
Dust-bin defective
1
Overcrowding
2
Miscellaneous nuisances
82
Total
271
All the above mentioned nuisances were remedied.
Miss Burrows also made 1,550 inspections of the women's conveniences
throughout the Borough.