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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 28.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homeworkers' Premises.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries). | 367 | 32 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries). | 660 | 8 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers Premises) | 175 | 6 | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 488 | 4 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Description. | Number of Defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'r | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| Nuisances under Public Health Act:— | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 37 | 37 | - | - | |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 32 | 32 | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 19 | 18 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101 ) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences | - | — | — | — | |
| Total | 94 | 93 | — | — | |