Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops page 204 205

Finsbury 1904

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Index Number.	Nature of Premises.	• Description of Room.			N umber of Occupants and Space.		Gas, Oil, or Electric Light, in use at time of test.	Date, Time, and Position of Test.		Volume of C0₂per 10,000.		# Means of Ventilation in in actual use at time of test.	Remarks.
Index Number.	Nature of Premises.	Position, Process, &c.	Cubic Capacity, in feet.	Height.	Number present.	Space per person.	Gas, Oil, or Electric Light, in use at time of test.	Date and Time.	Where Sampled.	Inside Room.	Outside Air.	# Means of Ventilation in in actual use at time of test.	Remarks.
24	Eel & Pie Shop	Underground kitchen	2970 (approx.)	11 ft.	2	1440	No gas	12 noon, June 3rd	Right-hand side centre	10	3.5	Large grating in front, grating at side, hoist and stairs	Sample taken in a position where the air was stagnant.
24	Ditto	Ditto	ditto	11 ft.	2	1440	Ditto	Ditto	Front left side	8	3.5	Ditto	Sample from a more favourable position.
WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES.
33	Factory Laundry	Ground floor. Gas ironing, &c.	approx. 14500	12 ft.	25	580	10 gas jets, 11 ironing machines, 12 box irons, gas heated	Noon, Dec. 15th	End of room, under exhaust fan	12	4.5	30-in. exhaust fan, stairs from basement, all windows shut	The exhaust fan was stopped for 10 minutes before the last sample was taken. The read- ing showed that the CO₂ rose rapidly in the interval.
	Ditto	Ditto	14500	12 ft.	25	580	Ditto	Ditto	Body of room	10	4.5	Ditto
	Ditto	Ditto	14500	12 ft.	25	580	Ditto	Ditto	End of room, under exhaust fan	20	4.5	Fan stopped for ten minutes
34	Linen Collar Workshop	Ground floor. 50 machinists at work	121800	50 ft. (approx.)	56	2175	6 gas irons, 3 gas jets	² P.m., Dec. 15th	Body of room	16	4.5	Two cowls in roof, 1 Tobin tube, 2 hooded stoves	-/
34	Ditto	Ditto	121800	ditto	56	2175	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	10	4.5	Two large trap doors in roof wide open, and 1 Tobin tube in addition to above	The second sample was taken after the trap doors in the roof and an additional Tobin tube had been left open for 10 minuies. The CO₂had fallen.
25	Cork-sock Manufactory	Second floor	13650	Average 13 ft.	13	1050	11 gas jets alight gas stove beside fireplace	^l2.40 p.m., ^Dec. 12th, 1904	Body of room, at breathing level	31	5	One window open about 4 inches, holes at bottom of skylights	Gas jets alight for drying materials, heat from fire being insufficient. Tem perature high.
25	Ditto	Ditto					Ditto	Ditto	Body of room, 2 feet below breathing level	29	5	Ditto
26	Feather Workshop	Third floor	5544	11 ft.	10	554	6 gas jets aligt♦	11.30 a.m., 12th, 1964	Body of room	48	5	All windows shut, chimney partly blocked off	Practically unventilated stuffy and oppressive.