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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 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 19.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1 .—Inspection.Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

TABLE No. 19.

Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1 .—Inspection.

Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)19810
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)57330
Workplaces20014
Homeworkers' Premises52424
Total149578

Table: 2.—Defects Found.

2.—Defects Found.

Description.Number of Defects
Found.Remedied.
Nuisances under Public Health Act:
Want of Cleanliness4949
Want of Ventilation1212
Overcrowding44
Want of drainage of floors--
Other nuisances3232
Sanitary Accommodationinsufficient22
unsuitable or defective2121
not separate for sexes11
Total121121