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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE X.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers'
Premises.
1
| Premises. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 149 | 37 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 241 | 15 |
| Workplaces | 149 | 7 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 369 | 9 |
| Total | 908 | 68 |
2.—
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 35 | 35 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 18 | 18 | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 18 | 18 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient— unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 89 | 89 | ||