Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 29.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and .Homeworkers' Premises. 1
Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 211 | 14 | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 525 | 9 | — |
Workplaces | 25 | 2 | — |
Homeworkers' Premises | 645 | 1 | — |
Total | 1406 | 26 | — |
2.—
Description. | Number of Defects | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
Want of Cleanliness | 12 | 12 | - | — | |
Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
Other offences | —• | — | — | — | |
Total | 50 | 50 | — | — |