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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 1916

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1916.

Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1916.

PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES—Number of inspectionsNumber of noticesNumber of proceedings
on register at end of 1915Added 1916Removed 1916On register at end of 1916
Milk premises252383725340816..
Cowsheds2..2..2....
Slaughter-houses2....255....
Other offensive trade premises2....220....
Ice cream premises143161381847..
Registered houses let in lodgings289....289578(a) 176..
(a) For overcrowding.

Table: Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TABULATION OF REPORT AS REQUIRED BY S. 131 OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES, during 1916.

Table. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TABULATION OF REPORT AS REQUIRED BY S. 131 OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES, during 1916.

CLASS OF WORK.NUMBER OF PLACESNumber of Inspections.NumberofNumber of Prosecutions. 
On Register at end of 1915.Added 1916. Removed 1916.On Register at end of 1916Written Intimations.NoticesUnder Factory Acts.Under Public Health Acts.
Premises.Rooms
Factories Factory Laundries71628821
Factory Bakehouses831102419
Other Factories1181121272429110
WorkshopsWorkshop Laundries7162622
Workshopliakehouses552535616231
Other Workshops190781892494771
WorkplacesPlaces where Food is prepared for Sale12526121235956
Work places other than the above7027656812911
Home-workers Premise767124578348362422
Total13741498514411764698394 1