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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 1908

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXXXVII.—continued.

TABLE LXXXVII.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Other nuisances22561126
Intimation notices served23551227
Statutory notices served............11
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected635352073196
,, re-inspected4...32110
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition.........1...1
Other nuisances1......528
Intimation notices served1......629
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infectious diseases notified6...37310
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found10032853299348
Total number of premises inspected4062644821076101869
,, ,, ,, re-inspected4136771485253
,, Intimation notices served159271743111
,, ,, „ complied with159221638100
,, Statutory notices served............22
,, ,, ,, complied with............22
„ legal proceedings..................

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Table LXXXVIII. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1907, the number removed from, the number added during
1908, and the number on the Register at the end of 1908. 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,
70 are laundries and 17 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz.:—514, 313 are dressmakers and milliners, 149 laundries
and 52 other workshops, a decrease of 10 dressmakers and milliners
and of four other workshops, and an increase of 35 laundries,
compared with 1907.