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REPORT OF WORK DONE DURING 1904, BY MISS
M. W. RICHARDSON, Lady Sanitary Inspector.
The work done during 1904 has comprised the following:—
(1) Inspection of all Workshops and Laundries at which women
are employed.
(2) Inspection of Out-workers' premises.
(3) Investigating cases of Infantile Mortality.
(4) Visiting all cases of Phthisis voluntarily notified by Medical
Practitioners.
(5) Visiting cases of Measles and other non-notifiable infectious
cases reported by the School Authorities.
(6) Visiting special cases for the purpose of giving instruction
in cleanliness, ventilation, infant feeding, &c.
Inspection of Workshops and Laundries.
At the end of 1903 there were 293 workshops on the register at
which women were employed.
During the year 1904, 82 have been added, and 36 removed,
making a total of 339 on the register at the end of the year.
Those added wero found chiefly through the directory by noting
advertisements for apprentices in the newspapers, and through private
enquiries.
From the classification of trades appended, it will be seen that tho
majority of the workshops are dressmakers and milliners, being together
79 per cent. of the whole. The number of these is steadily increasing,
as the district is particularly suitable for this class of business, but much
of the work is season trade only.
The number of laundries on the other hand is gradually decreasing.
During the last eighteen months seven laundries, employing in the
aggregato about 48 persons, have either given up work or removed
from the district.
These are being largely replaced by receiving offices. Five new
depots have been established during the year for steam laundries in the
suburbs.
A special report was made of all the basement workrooms in the
district. These were subsequently visited by the Medical Officer of
Health.