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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1895
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895
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Miss Squire's Report of Work done during the 40 weeks, April 1st, 1895, to January 4th, 1896.
| NORTH KENSINGTON. | SOUTH KENSINGTON. | Tot\l fob Whole Pabish. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||
| Workshops, &c, Number on the | 103 | 216 | 27 | 346 | 244 | 24 | 20 | 288 | 634 |
| „Number of Workrooms therein | 131 | 504 | 37 | 672 | 418 | 49 | 20 | 487 | 1,159 |
| „ Number of Inspections of | 220 | 500 | 56 | 776 | 516 | 67 | 31 | 614 | 1,390 |
| „ Number of Re-inspections of | 47 | 330 | 13 | 390 | 118 | 38 | 7 | 163 | 553 |
| Workrooms, Number of Inspections of | 344 | 1,164 | 76 | 1,584 | 839 | 198 | 35 | 1,072 | 2,656 |
| „ found to be Overcrowded | 13 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 37 | ... | 3 | 40 | 66 |
| „ found to be insufficiently ventilated | 17 | 39 | 3 | 59 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 107 |
| „ found to be in a dirty condition | 21 | 132 | 3 | 156 | 44 | 10 | ... | 54 | 210 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered since April 1st, 1895 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 61 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 116 |
| „ Workrooms therein measured | 66 | 27 | 11 | 104 | 84 | ... | 2 | 86 | 190 |
| „ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 27 | ... | 2 | 29 | 46 | ... | ... | 46 | 75 |
| „ Removed from Register | 16 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 34 | ... | ... | 34 | 56 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 85 | 28 | 46 | 159 | 113 | 21 | 27 | 161 | 320 |
| Workroom Cards distributed | 56 | ... | 8 | 64 | 128 | ... | ... | 128 | 192 |
| Statutory Notices, and Written Intimations Served | 15 | 86 | 2 | 103 | 34 | 7 | ... | 41 | 144 |
| Works carried out under supervision:— | |||||||||
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 11 |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | ... | 64 | ... | 64 | 10 | 2 | ... | 12 | 76 |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | 1 | 26 | ... | 27 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 31 |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences constructed | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Nuisances reported to M.O.H.:— | |||||||||
| (e) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 3 | 18 | 15 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 6 | 24 |
| (f) Sanitary conveniences illlighted, unventilated, or defective in water supply | 2 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | 28 |
| (g) Sanitary conveniences supplied from drinking water cistern | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 8 |
| (h) Cisterns dirty and uncovered | 1 | 7 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
| (i) Dustbins wanting or defective | ... | 14 | ... | 14 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 17 |
| (j) Miscellaneous | 4 | 16 | ... | 20 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 23 |
| Overcrowding of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 13 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 37 | ... | 3 | 40 | 66 |
* Until July 3rd, the work in South Kensington was carried out by Miss Duncan,
* Of these " Workshops," 1 Laundries became Factories on January Ist. 1896.