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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XVc.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Home-workers' Premises.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 96 | 15 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 317 | 41 |
| Workplaces | 85 | 22 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 490 | 14 |
| Total | 708 | 92 |
2.—
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 25 | 25 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 8 | 8 | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 14 | 14 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient— unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 58 | 58 | |