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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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*Restaurants, etc., wherein women and girls are employed;
(b) Underground Conveniences (belonging to the Council),
and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences (Railway Stations,
Hospitals, etc.); (c) Houses wherein births have occurred
or deaths amongst infants under 1 year of age, or deaths
from infantile diarrhœa; (d) schools wherein there nave
been infectious disease outbreaks; etc.
The year's work, 1909, may be tabulated as follows:—
| 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops†visited and inspected- | ||||
| 316 | 108 | 85 | 143 | |
| 51 | 18 | 4 | 37 | |
| 176 | 63 | 28 | 117 | |
| (d) Tailors | 60 | 44 | 15 | 42 |
| (e) Upholsterers | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 6 | - | 3 | |
| 103 | 78 | 32 | 66 | |
| Work rooms inspected | 1487 | 693 | 311 | 703 |
| Workshops†re-inspected | 123 | 109 | 85 | 188 |
| Workrooms re-inspected | 111 | 143 | 114 | 256 |
| Workshops†: workrooms therein measured | 482 | 475 | 313 | 360 |
| Workshops†removed from Register | 352 | 165 | 37 | 118 |
| Workshops†reported to H.M. Inspector | 36 | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Workshops†reported by H.M. Inspector | 2 | 43 | 95 | 47 |
| Workshops†newly discovered and registered | 104 | 93 | 100 | 120 |
| §Premises visited but no females found employed, or no workers, &c. (including 904 out-workers, 450 workshops, 25 restaurants, 326 private houses and 7 schools) | 1712 | 1055 | 1471 | 1041 |
† Workshops include Workplaces.
§Including 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.