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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
and HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION.
Premises
Number of
Inspections
Written
Notices
Prosecutions
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries)
234
—
—
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries)
153
1
—
Workplaces
(Other than Outworkers' Premises)
56
5
Total
443
6
—
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars
Number of Defects
Number
of
Prosecutions
Found
Remedied
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector
*Nuisances under the
Public Health Acts—
Want of Cleanliness
8
8
—
—
Want of Ventilation
1
1
—
—
Overcrowding
—
—
—
—
Want of Drainage of Floors
2
2
—
—
Other Nuisances
—
—
—
—
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient
12
12
—
—
Unsuitable or Defective
11
11
—
—
Not Separate for Sexes
1
1
—
—
Offences under the Factory
and Workshops Act-
Illegal Occupation of
ground Bakehouse (s.101)
1
1
—
—
Other Offences
1
—
1
—
Totals
37
36
1
—
* Including these specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, 1901
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.