Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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4.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1929.
No. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakehouses | 23 | |||||
Factory Bakehouses | 19 | |||||
Barge Builders | 11 | |||||
Blacksmiths | 5 | |||||
Boot and Shoe Makers | 9 | |||||
Builders' Yards | 2 | |||||
Carpenters and Joiners | 3 | |||||
Carriage Builders | 2 | |||||
Coopers | 1 | |||||
Cycle Works | 4 | |||||
Dress and Mantle Makers | 9 | |||||
Engineers | 4 | |||||
Electrical Engineers | 2 | |||||
Fuel Works | 2 | |||||
Furniture | 1 | |||||
Laundries | 1 | |||||
Milliners | 2 | |||||
Monumental Mascns | 1 | |||||
Motor Vehicle Repairers | 4 | |||||
Photographers | 2 | |||||
Picture Frame Makers | 1 | |||||
Plumbers | 2 | |||||
Tailors | 13 | |||||
Others | 14 | |||||
137 |
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