Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902...
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Statement by the Medical Officer of Health of the work of the Lady Inspectors of Workshops, &c., where women are employed, for the four weeks ended 6th September, 1902.
Description of Work. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total whole Borough. | |||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | |||
1 | Total number of Houses visited | 3 | 51 | 32 | 86 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 89 |
2 | Workshops and Workplaces – Newly discovered and registered | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 |
3 | „ Workrooms therein measured | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | „ Number of Inspections of | 3 | 41 | 25 | 69 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 72 |
5 | „ Number of Re-inspections of | ... | 10 | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 14 |
6 | Workrooms—Number of Inspections of | 3 | 249 | 27 | 279 | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 | 284 |
7 | „ Found to be overcrowded | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
8 | „ Found to be insufficiently ventilated | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
9 | „ Found to be in a dirty condition | ... | 11 | 3 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 |
10 | „ Cards distributed shewing number of persons permitted in each room | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 |
11 | Houses visited for inquiry, at which no female hands were employed* | ... | ... | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
12 | Statutory notices and written intimations issued | ... | 12 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 13 |
13 | Nuisances reported to the Medical Officer of Health and entered in Complaint Book | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
* Houses where the Business Plate, or the Directory, or Newspaper Advertisements, implied the
probability that Female Workers would be employed, but at which none were found.