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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XVc.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Home-workers'
Premises.
1.-
(Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.)
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | ||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 67 | 20 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 241 | 26 | |
| Workplaces | 91 | 17 | |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 529 | 18 | |
| Total | 928 | 81 | |
| 2.-Defects Found. | |||
| Description. | Number of Defects | ||
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 53 | 53 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 9 | 9 | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 3 | 3 | |
| Other Nuisances | 19 | 19 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient- unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 111 | 111 | |