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Islington 1898

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

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Table XCYIII.—Summary of Miss Gray's Work-shops Reports from 3rd January, 1898, to 31st December, 1898.

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.
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 Register3661994299943762064421024384205436102537920744010263792074401026
„ Number of Workrooms therein44953564416284545446571655467541637164545954963716454595496371645
Number of Inspections of1141219732313516810841110513224342194921734595482857021535
„ Number of Re-inspections and Calls1087321239313810312937011677186379146831433725083366701514
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of148272904651594471467521342834150324522423870768672610152427
„ found to be overcrowded...661146....22....11111315
„ found to be insufficiently ventilated1....1................1....12....2
„ found to be in a dirty condition321924322••252751431172111423184
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered during the year244416925102560224224816920458727108222
,, Workrooms therein measured24942762720358224102357162322619162122275
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery12..203219615401441634116724561658130
„ Removed from the Register1211225154133214528472171644621769148
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed*1921839184153714610301232136631564142
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room31..407132..346628..46743013256812113145279
Written Intimations issued3481581532625111871362620372885
Works carried out under supervision:—
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided....111....1....111....12..94
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed17152348820..25328273127472983
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired31472453412..7512332811271856
(d) Sanitary Conveniences repaired..2..274..111461133391113933
(e) Miscellaneous........................17..817••8
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:—
(e) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c.52243158..13121243714121736125098
(f) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply3..47610117321318243914162151
(g) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns....11............................11
(h) Cisterns dirty or uncovered..134..2131..34. .1..114712
(i) Dustbins, wanting or defective211....112113521..354514
(j) Miscellaneous52916..2332632152031832411453086
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated....551..56..123....11111315

* 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.