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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
Deptford 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 190 | 5 | ||||||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 287 | 7 | ||||||
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 251 | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 768 | 22 | ||||||
| 2.—DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||||
| [###]PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions[/###] | ||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to HM. Inspector. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 243 | 233 | ||||||
| Want of Ventilation | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ||||||||
| Other Nuisances | 101 | 98 | ||||||
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Unsuitable or defective ' Not Separate for Sexes | 69 | 66 | ||||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (sec. 101) | ||||||||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ||||||||
| Other Offences (excluding oftences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||||||
| Total | 423 | 403 | ||||||