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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 50.
| Number of Interments. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | |
| Woolwich Cemetery | 617 | 647 | 612 |
| Plumstead Cemetery | 641 | 730 | 720 |
| Eltham Churchyard | 173 | 179 | 199 |
| Plumstead Churchyard | 41 | 24 | 33 |
| 1,472 | 1,580 | 1,564 | |
Number of Exhumations carried out during the year 5
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. It is the duty of
the Medical Officer of Health under Section 132 of the Factory
and Workshops Act, 1901, to report specifically in his
Annual Report as to the administration of the Act. The
total number of factories, workshops and workplaces on the
register at the end of the year was 228. The number of
inspections, 512, compares with 971 last year and 310 for
1920. It was found necessary to serve 19 notices compared
with 54 in 1921.
The following tables are in the form adopted by the Home
Office so as to ensure uniformity in the presentation of statistics:—