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 Woolwich]
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TABLE XVc.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers'
Premises.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of:
Nuisances.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | ||
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 22 | 2 | |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 295 | 30 | |
Workplaces | — | — | |
Homeworkers' Premises | 630 | 15 | |
Total | 947 | 47 | |
2.—Defects found. | |||
Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
Found. | Remedied. | ||
Want of Cleanliness | 30 | 30 | |
Want of Ventilation | 13 | 13 | |
Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | |
Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | |
Other nuisances | 12 | 12 | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient, unsuitable, or de fective | 7 | 7 |
not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 69 |