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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 51.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1
Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 127 | 8 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 347 | 10 |
| Workplaces | 38 | 1 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 180 | 2 |
| Total | 692 | 21 |
2.—
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 15 | 15 | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | |
| Total | 22 | 22 | |
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