Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | Quarter ending 2nd April, 1898. | Quarter ending 2nd July, 1898. | Quarter ending 1st Oct., 1898. | Quarter ending 31st Dec., 1898. | Year ending 31st Dee., 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, &a. Number of on the Register | 366 | 199 | 429 | 994 | 376 | 206 | 442 | 1024 | 384 | 205 | 436 | 1025 | 379 | 207 | 440 | 1026 | 379 | 207 | 440 | 1026 |
„ Number of Workrooms therein | 449 | 535 | 644 | 1628 | 454 | 544 | 657 | 1655 | 467 | 541 | 637 | 1645 | 459 | 549 | 637 | 1645 | 459 | 549 | 637 | 1645 |
Number of Inspections of | 114 | 12 | 197 | 323 | 135 | 168 | 108 | 411 | 105 | 13 | 224 | 342 | 194 | 92 | 173 | 459 | 548 | 285 | 702 | 1535 |
„ Number of Re-inspections and Calls | 108 | 73 | 212 | 393 | 138 | 103 | 370 | 116 | 77 | 186 | 379 | 146 | 83 | 143 | 372 | 508 | 336 | 670 | ||
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of | 148 | 27 | 290 | 465 | 159 | 447 | 752 | 134 | 28 | 341 | 503 | 245 | 224 | 238 | 707 | 686 | 726 | 1015 | 2427 | |
„ found to be overcrowded | . | 6 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
„ found to be insufficiently ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
„ found to be in a dirty condition | 3 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 22 | •• | 25 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 84 | ||
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered during the year | 24 | 4 | 41 | 69 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 60 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 87 | 27 | 108 | 222 |
,, Workrooms therein measured | 24 | 9 | 42 | 76 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 57 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 61 | 91 | 62 | 122 | 275 | |
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 12 | .. | 20 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 56 | 16 | 58 | |
„ Removed from the Register | 12 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 62 | 17 | 69 | 148 | |||
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed* | 19 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 63 | 15 | 64 | 142 |
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room | 31 | .. | 40 | 71 | 32 | .. | 34 | 66 | 28 | .. | 46 | 74 | 13 | 25 | 68 | 121 | 13 | 145 | 279 | |
Written Intimations issued | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 37 | 28 | 85 | |
Works carried out under supervision:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 9 | ||
1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 20 | .. | 25 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 29 | 83 | |||
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 56 | |||
(d) Sanitary Conveniences repaired | 2 | 2 | 7 | .. | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 33 | |||||
(e) Miscellaneous | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | •• | 8 | |||
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 8 | .. | 13 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 50 | 98 | |||
(f) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply | 3 | .. | 7 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 51 | |||
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
(h) Cisterns dirty or uncovered | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 7 | |||||||||
(i) Dustbins, wanting or defective | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||
(j) Miscellaneous | 5 | 2 | .. | 23 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 45 | 30 | 86 | |||
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 13 | 15 |
* 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.