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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XVc.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Home-workers' Premises.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 80 | 5 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 322 | 30 |
| Workplaces | 83 | 25 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 405 | 24 |
| Total | 890 | 84 |
2.—Defects found.
| Description. | Number of Defects, | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Nuisances under Public Health Act: | — | — | |
| Want of Cleanliness | 65 | 65 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 18 | 18 | |
| Overcrowding | 10 | 10 | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 41 | 41 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient- | 0 | 0 |
| unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 154 | 154 | |