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Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The next Table shows in detail the work of the Inspectors in
workshops where males are chiefly employed.
The Table shows the work done in each sub-district and is
grouped under five chief divisions—(l) Factories, (2) Workshops,
(3) Domestic Workshops, (4) Workplaces, (5) Out-workers' premises.
The total number of premises inspected was 1,849, compared
with 1,384 in 1903, and re-inspected 1,014, compared with 2,127, the
decrease in re-inspections being due, as already stated, to the large
number of re-inspections of underground bakehouses in 1903.
703 of the inspections were in Clapham, 294 in Putney, 489 in
Streatham, 107 in Tooting, and 356 in Wandsworth.
Three workshops where males were employed were reported to
H.M. Inspector, and three were reported by the Inspector to this
Council.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.—Factories inspected | 70 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 59 | 183 |
| ,, re-inspected | 25 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 110 |
| Sanitary conveniences insufficient | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| ,, ,, unsuitable | 6 | 6 | ||||
| „ ,, not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ||||
| ,, „ defective | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Other nuisances | 10 | 3 | 13 | 26 | ||
| Intimation notices served | 8 | 3 | 21 | 32 | ||
| Statutory notices served | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Legal Proceedings | 1 | 1 | ||||
| II.—Workshops inspected | 283 | 128 | 174 | 44 | 162 | 791 |
| ,, re-inspected | 114 | 99 | 108 | 36 | 128 | 485 |
| Workrooms inspected | 387 | 161 | 168 | 41 | 192 | 949 |
| „ found overcrowded | 1 | 1 | ||||
| „ insufficiently ventilated | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| ,, in a dirty condition | 24 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 48 | 124 |
| Sanitary conveniences insufficient | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| „ ,, unsuitable | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| „ „ not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ||||
| „ ,, defective | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | |
| Other nuisances | 4 | 3 | 22 | 29 | ||
| Intimation notices served | 29 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 50 | 115 |
| Statutory notices served | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Legal proceedings | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Number of workrooms measured | 43 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 117 |