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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
Kensington 1903
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903
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The subjoined table summarises the work done during the year:—
| North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | ||
| 1. Workshop inspections | 192 | 478 | 234 | 904 | 861 | 34 | 161 | 1,056 | 1,960 |
| 2. „ re-inspections | 34 | 225 | 11 | 270 | 188 | 6 | 25 | 219 | 489 |
| 3. Workroom inspections | 251 | 2,168 | 257 | 2,676 | 1,471 | 91 | 236 | 1,798 | 4,474 |
| 4. Workrooms found overcrowded | 5 | — | 3 | 8 | 26 | — | 1 | 27 | 35 |
| 5. ,, insufficiently ventilated | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 24 | — | 7 | 31 | 50 |
| 6. „ in a dirty condition | 8 | 174 | 10 | 192 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 225 |
| 7. „ measured; number of | 36 | 19 | 9 | 64 | 118 | 2 | 15 | 135 | 199 |
| 8. Workshops, &c., reported to H.M. Inspector, on discovery | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 64 |
| 9. Workshops, &c., reported by H.M. Inspector | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 22 | — | 5 | 27 | 44 |
| 10. Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 12 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 98 |
| 11. Workshops, &c., removed from register . | 26 | 27 | 14 | 67 | 34 | — | 3 | 37 | 104 |
| 12. Houses visited for enquiry where no females were employed* | 2 | 11 | 134 | 147 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 189 |
| 18. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected | 31 | 74 | 93 | 198 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 77 | 275 |
| 14. Written intimations issued | 3 | 98 | 5 | 106 | 65 | 2 | 12 | 79 | 185 |
| 15. Statutory notices issued | 2 | 42 | 3 | 47 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 55 |
| 16. Sanitary defects remedied:— (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 1 | 7 | — | 8 | 14 | — | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| (6) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 6 | 113 | 12 | 131 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 161 |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | — | 54 | — | 54 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| 3 | 80 | 3 | 86 | 29 | — | 4 | 88 | 69 | |
| (e) Dustbins provided or repaired | — | 9 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 10 |
| (f) Miscellaneous defects remedied | — | 48 | — | 48 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 54 |
| 17. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer of Health | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 25 |
| 18. Cases of overcrowding of workshops abated | 5 | — | 3 | 8 | 23 | — | — | 23 | 81 |
| 19. Workroom cards distributed, number of | 28 | — | 9 | 87 | 132 | 2 | 15 | 149 | 186 |
* Houses, that is, at which the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements in newspapers, implied a probability
that female workers would be employed, but at which none were found.