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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 1907

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXXXIV.—continued.

TABLE LXXXIV.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Other nuisances185166550
Intimation notices served106113939
Statutory notices served...12...25
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected564321885165
,, re-inspected3135416
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition11...215
Other nuisances321...28
Intimation notices served211239
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infectious diseases notified1...2115
Houses visited for inquiry and no work7034702285281
room found
Total number of premises inspected4642545411046311994
,, ,, ,, re-inspected525511715109348
,, Intimation notices served342023739123
,, ,, ,, complied with342023739123
,, Statutory notices served1...1259
,, ,, ,, complied with1...1259
,, legal proceedings..................

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Table LXXXV. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1906, the number removed from, the number added during
1907, and the number on the Register at the end of 1907. 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,
67 are laundries and 14 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz. :—493, 323 are dressmakers and milliners, 114 laundries
and 56 other workshops.
The total number of workplaces on the Register is 336, of
which 132 are laundries, and 204 miscellaneous premises, chiefly
dressmakers and milliners.