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[1900
INSPECTOR WEST'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, Islington, N.
To A. E. Harris, Esq., January, 1901.
Medical Officer of Health.
Dear Sir,
I have much pleasure in again submitting my report to you for the year ending
29th December, 1900. You will observe by the appended table that I have visited 4,046 places
of business, consisting of factories, workshops, and workrooms in the Borough, having made
1,781 inspections and 2,265 re-inspections. These include the following trades:—59 tailors,
179 shoemakers, 284 pianoforte makers, 32 cyclemakers, 632 bakehouses, and 2,860 miscellaneous
business places. These consist of—
Printers. Ticket-writers.
Box-makers. Umbrella makers.
Bedstead makers. Walking-stick makers.
Spring mattrass maker. Tin-box makers.
Wool mattrass makers. Gut scrapers.
Engineers. Tennis-bat maker.
Birdcage making. Musical string maker.
Furriers. Organ-builders.
Rag-sorters. Forage cutters.
Wood-choppers. Surgical instrument maker.
Confectioners. Enamellers.
Jam makers. Mineral water makers.
Farriers. Table makers.
Builders. Weighing-machine makers.
Telescope maker. Lath renders.
Wheelwright. Wax figure makers.
Coach painters. Frilling making.
Coach builders. Cork cutters.
Barrow makers. Picture-frame makers.
Cabinet makers. Stonemasons' works.
Pianoforte-string maker. Slate works.
Dressmakers. Marble works.
Laundries. Bassinette makers.
Paper-bag makers. Artificial flower making. t
Paper sorters. Fancy goods making.
Upholsterers. Capsule making.
Polishers. Saw mills.
Ladder makers. Paint-brush making.
Sanitary Improvements.—During the same period I have served 283 notices for the abatement
of various nuisances; 210 bakehouses and 168 workshops have been limewhited, whilst
859 other improvements were carried out under my supervision; 92 w.c.'s have been also provided
at various factories and workshops. I find, on referring to my previous annual reports,
that 60 were provided in 1899, 50 in 1898, 34 in 1897, and 5 in 1896, making a total for the five
years of 241 additional closets. You will observe by the figures quoted above that a vast improvement
has been made for the benefit of the employees, and that a very serious want of
accommodation had existed, so that it really seems monstrous that such a state of things
should have prevailed no doubt for years, that in some of the various work-places no sanitary
conveniences had been provided, whilst in many others no attempt had been made to provide