London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Woolwich 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 30.

Factories, Workshops, Workplaces & Homeworkers' Premises.

1 .—Inspection.

Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (Including Factory Laundries).18017
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries).58810
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises)641
Homeworkers' Premises7668
2.—Defects Found.
Description.Number of Defects.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspect'rNumber of Prosecutions.
Nuisances under Public Health Act :— Want of Cleanliness66
Want of Ventilation33
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances77
SanitaryAcoom-modationinsufficient2I
unsuitable or defective1515
not separate for sexes11
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act :— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)
Other offences
Total3433