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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: 4.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1929.

4.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1929.

No.
Bakehouses23
Factory Bakehouses19
Barge Builders11
Blacksmiths5
Boot and Shoe Makers9
Builders' Yards2
Carpenters and Joiners3
Carriage Builders2
Coopers1
Cycle Works4
Dress and Mantle Makers9
Engineers4
Electrical Engineers2
Fuel Works2
Furniture1
Laundries1
Milliners2
Monumental Mascns1
Motor Vehicle Repairers4
Photographers2
Picture Frame Makers1
Plumbers2
Tailors13
Others14
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6.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. No.
Matters notified to II.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) —
Other
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 1
Reports (of action taken) sent to H..M. Inspectors 1
Underground Bakehouses (sec. 101):—
In use at end of 1929 11
Smoke Nuisances.—Forty-eight observations have been
made for smoke nuisances duiring the year, but only in one
instance was it found necessary to serve a Statutory Notice.
Water Supply. — During the year 323 water supply
certificates have been granted under Section 48 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. Forty-two water supplies have
been reinstated where the supply had been cut off ; water fittings