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Wandsworth 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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158 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXI.—(Continued).

TABLE LXI.—(Continued).

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Other nuisances3292622
Intimation notices served3511...827
Statutory notices served............33
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected427482837162
,, re-inspected13...26122
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition3...12...6
Other nuisances1......113
Intimation notices served3...1318
Statutory notices served............11
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infectious diseases notified4...24212
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found70281553690379
Total number of premises inspected3602065861054791736
„ re-inspected79439129105347
,, Intimation notices served19111793187
,, ,, ,, complied with1991593082
,, Statutory notices served.........145
t, „ ,, complied with.........145
„ legal proceedings..................

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Table LXII. shows the number of factories, workshops, domestic
workshops, and workplaces on the register at the close of 1903, the
number removed from, the number added during 1904, and the
number on the register at the end of 1904. The number of workrooms
in workshops is also shown.
The factories and workshops are divided into dressmakers' and
milliners' premises, laundries, and miscellaneous premises ; the workplaces
are divided only into laundries and miscellaneous premises.
Of the total number of factories where women are employed, 61
are laundries and 11 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz.:-476, 310 are dressmakers and milliners, 130 laundries, and 36
other workshops.
The total number of workplaces on the register is 398, of which
160 are laundries, 238 miscellaneous premises, chiefly dressmakers
and milliners.
Table LXIII. shows the nature of the trades carried on in the
workshops inspected.