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Sanitary Committee. In no respect, perhaps, has greater
good been done than by the abatement of overcrowding of
workrooms, and it is noteworthy, in this connection, that,
as already stated, the cubic space standard adopted by
your Vestry lias now received the sanction of law. It may be
mentioned that the Vestries of Islington and St. Pancras have
now availed themselves of female help in sanitary administration. As for me, lam so satisfied of the advantages accruing
from the services of women inspectors, that I should welcome
the appointment of a second lady to take part in the work
which Miss Squire, during the latter half of the year, strove
to accomplish single-handed. In view of the increased
responsibilities thrown upon the Sanitary Authority by the
new Factory and Workshop Act, it is, I think, hardly possible
that one inspector should be able efficiently to supervise the
ever-increasing number of the places at which women are
employed, and which at the end of the year comprised dressmakers' and ladies' tailors' establishments 363; laundries,
23 8; miscellaneous, 39, or a total of 640 " workshops," spread
over an area of 2,245 acres.
On quitting office, Miss Squire submitted a tabular statement
of her work during the forty weeks ended January 4th,
1896, which had elapsed since the date of the joint annual
report of the women inspectors for 1894-95 already mentioned, as set out on page 80.
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