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Islington 1896

Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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1896]

Summary of Factory and Workshop Work from the Female Inspector's Reports, from 30 th December, 1895, to 2nd January, 1897.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.Quarter ending 28th March, 1896.Quarter ending 27th June, 1896.Quarter ending 26th Sept., 1896.Quarter ending 2nd Jan., 1897.Tota1 for Yearending 2nd Jan., 1897.
Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register.......................................
„ Number of Workrooms therein........................................
„ Number of Inspections of4113110828014636150332112271112501101231563894093175251251
„ Number of Re-Inspections of26105661978167163311139339526793821112863392874351061
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of6130611848516789209465142721463601533132146805237806871990
,, found to be overcrowded....552..10122..132..356..1925
„ found to be insufficiently ventilated....332..13........1..233..69
„ found to be in a dirty condition..2622873616....33..2137311250
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered during the year24..568040126672762962158234610615134255
„ Workrooms therein measured25..64894223781351633841613396811831173322
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery1583356136224122101042981633593281172
,, Removed from the Register........................................
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed*20151449314276220412362141843922771190
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room41..297089..14523484..6915336..5490250..297547
Written Intimations issued230114369122710562139416215333107
Works carried out under supervision:—
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided....33........1....1........1..34
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed..164205101162..57..2..27281045
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired220931..22729842141541011512284
(d) Sanitary Conveniences constructed........................................
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:—
(e) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c.415214053816216936112720313645112
(f) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply118120135941161113723838
(g) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns16411..11261..71315811625
(h) Cisterns dirty or uncovered152813154318..213613524
(i) Dustbins, wanting or defective..12416..2135319..8210525838
(j) Miscellaneous..3018482981991616215421135536104
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated1..671..9103..252..357..2027
*Houses where a Business Plate or the Directory,or Newspaper Advertisements implied probability that Female Workers would be employed, but at which none were found.