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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 19.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers. Prosecuted. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 353 | 22 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 169 | 13 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 114 | 5 | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 130 | — | — |
| Total | 766 | 40 | — |
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| Particulars. (i) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 80 | 80 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 66 | 66 | — | — | |
| Not separate for Sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 153 | 153 | — | — | |