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1903]
Inspection and Visits.—There are two inspectors engaged in the work of
inspection, namely, Miss Gray, who visits all workshops where women are
employed, and Mr. George West, who undertakes the inspection of those
places where males work. During the year they made 3,979 separate
inspections of work places, which entailed 3,867 subsequent visits, making
altogether 7,846 visits, a return which compares favourably with the average
return of the preceding seven years of 7,102.
1896 5,996 inspections and re-visits.
1897 6,761 „ „
1898 6,882 „ ,,
1899 7,233 „ „
1900 7,411 „ „
1901 7,371 „ „
1902 8,060 „ „
Average 7,102
1903 7,846
The inspections during the year included 209 tailors' workshops, 297 shoemakers'
workshops, 100 pianoforte workshops, 54 cycle makers' workshops
213 bakehouses, 375 restaurant kitchens, and 869 miscellaneous places, which
were visited by Inspector West. Among the places inspected by Miss Gray
were 149 kitchens of restaurants, 511 homeworkers' premises, and 1,095 miscellaneous
workshops, a complete list of which is given in her report on
page 185. Altogether Mr. West inspected 2,117 premises and Miss Gray 1,862.
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 Total
Overcrowding 26 12 15 14 22 14 4 13 120
Ventilation 14 13 2 5 4 3 5 8 54
Dirty rooms 311 195 109 99 217 218 231 423 1,803
Drains 554 458 375 313 216 177 90 50 2,233
W.C.'s 420 325 341 355 411 375 154 161 2,542
Water supplies 79 41 35 20 19 13 83 54 344
Surface drains 79 109 37 51 78 81 2 53 540
Cleansing 412 375 393 424 437 387 558 441 3,427