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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 1927
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927
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4.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1927.
| No. | |
|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 37 |
| Factory Bakehouses | 5 |
| Barge Builders | 11 |
| Blacksmiths | 3 |
| Boot and Shoe Makers | 9 |
| Builders' Yards | 2 |
| Carpenters and Joiners | 5 |
| Carriage Builders | 5 |
| Coopers | 2 |
| Cycle Works | 5 |
| Dress and Mantle Makers | 8 |
| Engineers | 2 |
| Electrical Engineers | 2 |
| Fuel Works | 1 |
| Furniture | 2 |
| Laundries | 1 |
| Milliners | 2 |
| Monumental Masons | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Repairers | 5 |
| Photographers | 2 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 |
| Plumbers | 2 |
| Tailors | 13 |
| Others | 18 |
| 145 |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. No.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) —
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable
under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act
(s. 5) :—
Notified by H.M. Inspector 2
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors 2
Other 1
Underground Bakehouses (sec. 101):—
In use at end of 1927 13
Smoke Nuisances. — Thirty - one observations have been
made for smoke nuisances during the year, but in no instance
was it found necessary to serve a Statutory Notice.
Water Supply.—During the year 188 water supply certificates
have been granted under Section 48 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891. 18 water supplies have been reinstated
where the supply had been cut off ; water fittings have been
amended in 127 cases ; 4 water supplies have been altered so
as to draw direct from the main, and covering cisterns in 174
cases.