Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XCVIII.—Summary of Miss Gray's Work-shops Reports, from 4th January, 1897, to1st January, 1898.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | Quarter ending 3rd April, 1897. | Quarter ending 3rd July, 1897. | Quarter ending 2nd Oct., 1897. | Quarter ending 1st January, 1898. | TotalforYear ending 1stJanuary, 1898. | |||||||||||||||
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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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 354 | 196 | 400 | 948 |
„ Number of Workrooms therein | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 438 | 528 | 616 | 1582 |
,, Number of Inspections of | 132 | 52 | 122 | 306 | 81 | 99 | 135 | 315 | 150 | 15 | 182 | 347 | 72 | 183 | 138 | 393 | 435 | 349 | 577 | 1361 |
„ Number of Re-inspections of | 131 | 39 | 147 | 317 | 94 | 95 | 115 | 304 | 121 | 57 | 131 | 309 | 75 | 198 | 117 | 390 | 421 | 389 | 510 | 1320 |
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of | 155 | 132 | 174 | 461 | 115 | 281 | 190 | 586 | 192 | 32 | 268 | 492 | 98 | 475 | 190 | 763 | 560 | 920 | 823 | 2302 |
„ found to be overcrowded | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 8 | 11 |
,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
,, found to be in a dirty condition | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 35 | 12 | .. | 14 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 60 | 38 | 113 |
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 36 | 1 | 35 | 72 | 37 | 6 | 24 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 100 | 18 | 111 | 229 |
,, Workrooms therein measured | 36 | 3 | 39 | 78 | 39 | 15 | 28 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 61 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 105 | 37 | 138 | 280 |
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 22 | .. | 16 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 65 | 7 | 66 | 138 |
„ Removed from the Register | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 10 | 38 | 87 |
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed* | 24 | 1 | 24 | 49 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 74 | 15 | 84 | 173 |
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room | 31 | .. | 36 | 67 | 38 | .. | 6 | 44 | 17 | .. | 21 | 38 | 11 | .. | 24 | 35 | 97 | .. | 87 | 184 |
Written Intimations issued | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 43 | 22 | 45 | 44 | 111 |
Works carried out under supervision:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 11 | 46 | 16 | 73 |
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 37 | 28 | 85 |
(d) Sanitary Conveniences repaired | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
(e) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 19 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | .. | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 112 |
(f) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 47 |
(g) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | 4 | .. | 5 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
(h) Cisterns dirty or defective | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
(i) Dustbins, wanting or defective | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
(j) Miscellaneous | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 47 | 15 | 60 | 35 | 110 |
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
* Houses where a BusinessPlate or the Directory, or Newspaper Advertisements implied probability that Female Workerswouldbe employed, but at whichnone were found. |