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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 1907
[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) | 28 | 4 |
| Workshops ... (Including Workshop Laundries) | 286 | 40 |
| Workplaces | — | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 360 | 40 |
| Total | 674 | 84 |
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| 63 | 63 | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 10 | 10 | |
| Overcrowding | 14 | 14 | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | |
| Other nuisances | 60 | 60 | |
| Sanitary accommodation. | insufficient, un-suitable, or defective | 8 | 8 |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 161 | 161 | |