Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
1908 is a year's record of useful wcrk carried out by the
Female Sanitary Inspectors (Miss Dawson, Miss Gamble and
Miss Pearson)* in connection with (a) Factories, Workshops
(Work-places)t, Shops, Out-Workers' Homes, Laundries,
eic., wherein women and girls ar<: 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
diarrhoea; (d) schools wherein there have been infectious
disease outbreaks; etc.
The year's work, 1908, may be tabulated as fellows :—
1908 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Workshops† visited and inspected— | 1907 | |||||
108 | 228 | 103 | 80 | 157 | 142 | |
(i) Milliners | 18 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 20 |
03 | 145 | 17 | 37 | 72 | 70 | |
(d) Tailors | 44 | 57 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 14 |
(e) Upholsterers | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
( f) Dyers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
78 | 98 | 59 | 23 | 48 | 32 | |
693 | 1014 | 330 | 495 | 669 | 325 | |
Workshops† re-inspected | 109 | 273 | 81 | 98 | 163 | 333 |
Word rooms re-inspected | 143 | 370 | 90 | 113 | 214 | 305 |
Restaurants, etc., re-inspected | 373 | 1081 | — | — | 87 | 118 |
Workshops† workrooms therein measured | 475 | 673 | 314 | 265 | 450 | 318 |
Workshops† removed from Register | 165 | 155 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
Workshops†reported to H.M. Inspector | 37 | 63 | 63 | 31 | 19 | 48 |
Workshops† repored by H.M. Inspector | 43 | 142 | 22 | 13 | 46 | 3 |
Workshops† newly discovered & registered | 93 | 220 | ‡92 | 69 | 152 | 102 |
§ Premises visited but no female hands found | ||||||
to be employed (including Out-workers) | 1055 | 2512 | 259 | 135 | 231 | 80 |
* Miss Gamble was elected on October 3rd, 1901, Miss Pearson, on
December 8th, 1905 (resigned September 30th, 1908), and Miss Dawson, on
September 21st, 1908.
t Workshops include Workplaces.
t Including 13 factories.