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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE 70.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1. —Inspection.Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

TABLE 70.

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)32012
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)51323
Workplaces483
Homey orkers' Premises88718
Total176856

Table: 2.— DefectsFound.

2.— DefectsFound.

Description.Number of Defects.
Found.Remedied.
Nuisances under Public Health Act:
Want of Cleanliness3030
Want of Ventilation33
OvercrowdingO *J2
Want of Drainage of floors——
Other nuisances1111
Sanitary Accommodationinsufficient21
unsuitable or defective66
not separate for sexes—-
Total5453