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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

Wandsworth 1906

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXXX.—continued.

TABLE LXXX.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Other nuisances...4101520
Intimation notices served...4122725
Statutory notices served .......1...23
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work
Premises inspected363373831145
,, re-inspected1...611422
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition.........2...2
Other nuisances......6129
Intimation notices served......2226
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infectious diseases notified......1315 378
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found803710649106
Total number of premises inspected3982356611495281971
„ ,, ,, re-inspected784914239116424
,, Intimation notices served241632643121
,, ,, ,, complied with9...30741113
,, Statutory notices served3...2...49
,, ,, ,, complied with3...2...49
„ legal proceedings1............1

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Table LXXXI. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1905, the number removed from, the number added during
1906, and the number on the Register at the end of 1906. The
number of workrooms in workshops is also shown.
The factories and workshops are divided into dressmakers'
and milliners' premises, laundries, and miscellaneous premises;
and the workplaces are divided into laundries and miscellaneous
premises.
Of the total number of factories where women are employed,
63 are laundries and 13 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz. :—494, 325 are dressmakers and milliners, 119 laundries
and 50 other workshops.
The total number of workplaces on the Register is 338, of
which 146 are laundries, and 192 miscellaneous premises, chiefly
dressmakers and milliners.