London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1899
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1878-1895
| North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Totalfor whole Parish | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers | Laundries | Miscellaneous | Total | Dress-makers | Laundries | Miscellaneous | Total | ||
| Workshops, Number of visited and inspected | 132 | 385 | 68 | 585 | 388 | 17 | 87 | 492 | 1077 |
| Workshops, Number of re-inspected | 28 | 165 | 21 | 214 | 94 | 2 | 14 | 110 | 324 |
| Workrooms, Number of inspected | 165 | 1223 | 76 | 1464 | 544 | 44 | 99 | 687 | 2151 |
| Workrooms found to be overcrowded | 3 | ... | .. | 3 | 17 | ... | ... | 17 | 20 |
| Workrooms found to be insufficiently ventilated | 5 | 18 | ... | 23 | 24 | .. | 6 | 30 | 53 |
| Workrooms found to be in a dirty condition | 7 | 112 | 4 | 123 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 147 |
| Workshops, etc., newly discovered and registered | 15 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 82 |
| Workshops: Workrooms therein measured | 20 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 66 | 2 | 7 | 75 | 114 |
| Workshops reported to H.M. Inspector, on discovery | 6 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 66 |
| Workshops removed from Register | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | .. | 4 | 25 | 46 |
| Houses visited where no female hands were employed* | 17 | 19 | 11 | 47 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 93 |
| Written Intimations and Statutory Notices issued | 11 | 133 | 12 | 156 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 203 |
| Works carried out under supervision:— (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ... | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 4 | 84 | 2 | 90 | 9 | ... | 3 | 12 | 102 |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, etc., repaired | 1 | 85 | 1 | 87 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 88 |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences,dirty, ill-lighted,unventilated,or defective in water supply | 2 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 8 | ... | 2 | 10 | 36 |
| (e) Dust-bins wanting or defective | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| (f) Miscellaneous defects remedied | 2 | 16 | 3 | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Nuisances referred to Medical Officer of Health | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | .. | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| Cases of over-crowding of workrooms abated | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 17 | ... | ... | 17 | 20 |
* Houses where the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements in newspapers
implied a probability that female workers would be employed, but at which none were found.