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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 1934

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

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Table: 3.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1934.

3.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1934.

No.
Bakehouses16
Factory Bakehouses24
Barge Builders11
Blacksmiths6
Boot and Shoe Makers9
Builders' Yards2
Carpenters and Joiners3
Carriage Builders2
Coopers1
Cycle Works4
Dress and Mantle Makers9
Engineers4
Electrical Engineers3
Fuel Works2
Furniture1
Laundries1
Milliners2
Monumental Masons1
Motor Vehicle Repairers4
Photographers2
Picture Frame Makers1
Plumbers2
Tailors13
Others15
137

Table: 4.—OTHER MATTERS.

4.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class.No.
Matters notified to H.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. Inspector2
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors2
Underground Bakehouses (Sec. 101):—
In use at end of 193413

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Smoke Abatement.—During the year this problem was constantly
before the staff and 22 observations of Factory chimneys
were made for the purpose of detecting offences under the Public
Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, and the Bye-laws made by
the London County Council which came into force in 1931.