London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Greenwich 1922

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1922

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
and HOMEWORK.

1.—INSPECTION.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories(Including Factory Laundries)5117..
Workshops(Including Workshop Laundries)4911..
Total21240

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Detects.Number of Prosecut's.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
*Nuisances under thePublic Health Acts:-
Want of Cleanliness4040....
Want of Ven-tilation........
Overcrowding........
Want of Drainage of Floors33....
Other Nuisances1212....
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient65....
Unsuitable or Defective1515....
Not Separate for Sexes........
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act: —
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)........
Breach of Special Sanitary Require-ments for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)1919....
Other Offences........
Total9594....

* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.