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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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3.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1936.
| No. | |
|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 16 |
| Factory Bakehouses | 24 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Fuel Works | 2 |
| Furniture | 1 |
| Laundries | 1 |
| Milliners | 2 |
| Monumental Masons | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Repairers | 4 |
| Photographers | 2 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 |
| Plumbers | 2 |
| Tailors | 13 |
| Others | 15 |
| 137 |
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 (a..5):— | |
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 1 |
| Reports to H.M. Inspector re Juvenile Employment | 3 |
| Underground Bakehouses (Sec. 101):— | |
| In use at end of 1936 | 13 |
Smoke Abatement.—During the year this problem was constantly before the staff and 31 observations of Factory chimneys
were made for the purpose of detecting offences under the Public
Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, and the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, and the Bye-laws made by the London County
Council which came into force in 1931.