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
Woolwich 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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TABLE 18 A.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises.
1.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | ||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 142 | 30 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 242 | 10 | |
| Workplaces | 118 | 27 | |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 98 | 7 | |
| Total | 600 | 74 | |
| 2.—Defects found. | |||
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 39 | 39 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 4 | 4 | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 56 | |