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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
Woolwich 1906
[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 | |