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 1925
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 76 | 5 | .. |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 49 | 9 | .. |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 141 | 6 | .. |
| (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | |||
| Total | 266 | 20 | .. |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Detects. | Number ofProsecut's. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 51 | 51 | .. | .. |
| Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Nuisances | 16 | 16 | .. | .. |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | .. | .. |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 6 | 6 | .. | .. |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 17 | 17 | .. | .. |
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Offences | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 96 | 96 | .. | •• |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.