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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
1907 is a year's record of good work carried out by the Female
Sanitary Inspectors (Miss Gamble and Miss Pearson*) in connection
with (a) Factories, Workshops (Work-placest), Shops
Out-Workers' Homes, Laundries, etc., wherein women and girls
are employed ; (b) Underground Conveniences (belonging to the
CounciH, and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences (Railway
Stations, Hospitals, etc.) ; (c) Houses wherein births have
occurred, or deaths amongst infants under 1 year of age : (d)
schools wherein there have been infectious disease outbreaks ; etc.
The year's work, 1907, may be tabulated as follows :— Summary of work carried out by Female Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1907, and duriug the preceding five years 1902-6 (for comparison).
| Workshopst visited and inspected— | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Dressmakers | 85 | 143 | 103 | 80 | 157 | 142 |
| (b) Milliners | 4 | 87 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 20 |
| (c) Laundries | 28 | 117 | 17 | 37 | 72 | 70 |
| 15 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 14 | |
| (e) Upholsterers | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| (/) Dyers | — | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | 66 | 59 | 23 | 48 | 32 | |
| Work rooms inspected | 311 | 703 | 330 | 495 | 669 | 325 |
| Workshopst re-inspected | 85 | 188 | 81 | 98 | 163 | 333 |
| Workrooms re-inspected | 114 | 256 | 90 | 113 | 214 | 305 |
| Restaurants, etc., re-inspected | 558 | 523 | — | — | 87 | 118 |
| Workshops†: workrooms therein measured | 313 | 360 | 314 | 265 | 450 | 318 |
| Workshops† removed from Register | 37 | 118 | 82 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
| Workshops† reported to H.M Inspector | 36 | 27 | 63 | 31 | 19 | 48 |
| Workshopst reported by H.M. Inspector | 95 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 46 | 102 |
| Workshopstnewlydiscovered and registered | 100 | 12O | ‡92 | 69 | 152 | 3 |
| §Premisesvisited but no femalehands found | ||||||
| to be employed (including Out-workers) | 1471 | 1041 | 259 | 135 | 231 | 80 |
* Miss Gamble was elected on October 3rd, 1901, and Miss Pearson
on December 8th, 1905.
† Workshops include Workplaces.
‡ Including 6 factories.
§ 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.