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Woolwich 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 29.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces & Homeworkers' Premises.

1.—Inspection.

Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written notices.Prosecutions.
Factories18721
(Including Factory Laundries). Workshops5483
(Including Workshop Laundries). Workplaces43
(Other than Outworkers' Premises) Homeworkers' Premises82017

2.— Defects Found.

Description.Number of Defects.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspect'rNumber of Prosecutions.
Nuisances under Public Health Act :—
Want of Cleanliness1918
Want of Ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances1814
Sanitary Accommodationinsufficient22
unsuitable or defective2020
not separate for sexes
Offences under* the Factory and Workshop Act :—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101]
Other offences
Total5954