London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1923
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 68 | 4 | .. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 90 | 18 | .. |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 136 | 11 | .. |
| Total | 294 | 33 | |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecut's. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 17 | 17 | .. | .. |
| Want of Ventilation | 13 | 13 | .. | .. |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 4 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Other Nuisances | 10 | 10 | .. | .. |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 7 | 7 | .. | .. |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 25 | 25 | .. | .. |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act:— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 23 | 23 | .. | .. |
| Other Offences | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Total | 101 | 101 | .. | .. |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.