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149
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The next four Tables summarise the work of the lady
Inspector since she was appointed on June 7th, 1902.
In themselves they show strong evidence that the appointment
made by the Council was a necessary one, and one which
could not be so satisfactorily carried out by the other Inspectors.
All the workshops inspected were workshops where females
are employed, by far the largest proportion being dressmakers'
and milliners' premises.
The total number inspected during the seven months was 411
workshops, 301 domestic workshops and workplaces, and 138
outworkers' homes.
In only eight cases was there any overcrowding and this was
abated as soon as the attention of the owner was called to the
fact that overcrowding existed.
69 workrooms were found to be in a dirty condition (18 in
Clapham, 10 in Putney, nine in Streatham, three in Tooting, and
29 in Wandsworth). The majority of these were cleansed before
the end of the year, but as many of the rooms which were found to
be dirty were inspected in November and December the work
of cleansing was postponed till after Christmas, and the remainder
were cleansed soon after the New Year.
The number of workrooms measured was 560, and the number
of workroom cards on which the number of persons to be
employed in each room is marked was 594.
149 workshops were reported to the Inspector of workshops
on discovery by the lady Inspector, and the number of workshops
reported by H.M. Inspector was 14.
The number of intimation notices served, chiefly for dirty
workrooms, was 59, but it was only necessary to serve two
statutory notices.
In 72 cases the nuisances were referred to me, as to abate
the nuisance it was necessary for structural work to be carried