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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
Greenwich 1926
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1926
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES and HOMEWORK. 1.—INSPECTION
| Premises | Number of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 67 | 4 | ... | ||||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 38 | 5 | ... | ||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworker's Premises) | 146 | 9 | ... | ||||
| Total | 251 | 18 | ... | ||||
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecut's | |||||
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 47 | 47 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |||
| Other Nuisances | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | |||
| Sanitary Accommodation— | |||||||
| Insufficient | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | |||
| Unsuitable or Defective | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | |||
| Illegal Occupntion of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other Offences | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 39 | 99 | ... | ... | |||
| * Including thou specified in Section* 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||||