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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
Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
1903 is another year's record of good work carried out by the
Female Sanitary Inspector (Miss Gamble*) in connection with
(a) Factories, Workshops, Work-places, Shops, Out-workers'
Homes, Laundries, etc., wherein women and girls are employed,
and (b) Underground Conveniences (belonging to the Council)
and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences (Railway Stations,
Hospitals, etc.).
The year's work 1903 may be tabulated as follows:—
| Workshops visited and inspected— | 1903 | 1902 |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Dressmakers | 157 | 142 |
| (b) Milliners | 12 | 20 |
| (c) Laundries | 72 | 70 |
| (d) Tailors | 22 | 14 |
| (e) Upholsterers | - | 1 |
| (f) Dyers | 2 | 1 |
| (g) Others | 48 | 32 |
| Workrooms inspected | 669 | 325 |
| Workshops re-inspected | 163 | 333 |
| Workrooms re-inspected | 214 | 305 |
| Restaurants re-inspected | 87 | 118 |
| Workshops: workrooms therein measured | 450 | 318 |
| Workshops removed from Register | 19 | 29 |
| Workshops reported to H.M. Inspector | 19 | 48 |
| Workshops reported by H.M. Inspector | 46† | 102 |
| Workshops newly discovered and registered | 152 | 3 |
| †Premises visited, but no female hands found to be employed (including Out-workers) | 231 | 80 |
* Miss Gamble was elected on October 3rd 1901. ,
†Houses where the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements
in newspapers, or other sources of information implied a probability
that female workers would be employed, but at which none were found at the
time of visit.