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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 29.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and .Homeworkers' Premises. 1
Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 211 | 14 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 525 | 9 | — |
| Workplaces | 25 | 2 | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 645 | 1 | — |
| Total | 1406 | 26 | — |
2.—
| Description. | Number of Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 12 | 12 | - | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | —• | — | — | — | |
| Total | 50 | 50 | — | — | |