Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops page 206 207

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.			Number of Occupants and Space.		Gas, Oil, or Electric Light, in use at time of test.	Date, Time, and Position of Test.		Volume of CO₂ per 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.
27	Fur and Skin Dressers Workshop	Second floor. Skin dressing	4000	10 ft.	9	444	None	^{11.50 a.m.} D.c. 12th, 1904	Body of room, breathing level	11	5	All windows shut, 2 broken and partly blocked; staircase open, large stove on floor above creating up draught	Work requires considerable muscular effort.
28	Copper-Plate Printing Works	Fourth floor. 19 presses in use.	10438	9 ft.	18	580	8 gas jets alight and 1 gas ring; 19 presses, gas heated	2 p.m., Dec. 12th, 1904	Body of room	30	5	One skylightâ€”open	No artificial ventilation, and only one skylight open.
30	Book-edge Gilders' Workshop	Second floor. Gilding in progress	12642	10ft.6 ins.	23	550	7 gas jets, 2 heating tables	^10.30a.m., Dec. 15th, 1904	Body of room	16	4.5	Two large windows, 3 in. at top; 18 in. electric exhaust fan, stairs to floor above
30	Ditto	Third floor (ditto)	12820	10 ft.	19	675	8 gas jets, 2 heating tables	Ditto	Body of room	9	4.5	Two windows wide open, exhaust fan, stairs from below	Free ventilation from end to end of room. The windows probably thrown open 15 minutes before sample was taken.
31	Clinical Thermometer-Workshop	Basement, back. Glass blowing	732	7ft.	2	366	1 gas jet, 1 gasblow flare	¹¹ a.m., Dec. 15th, 1904	Body of room	11	4.5	Small window, 2 in. at top, and door
31	Ditto	Basement, front. Glass blowing	1470	7 ft.	3	490	2 gas jets, 2 gas blow flares	Ditto	Body of room	7	4.5	Window, 3 in. at top and broken panes, door
32	Box Making Workshop	Ground floor, rear	10600	10 ft.	8	1325	2 gas jets	11.45 a.m., ^Dec. I5th, 1904	Body of room	11	4.5	No ventilation except leakage between eaves of skylight and wall, and staircase to 1st floor	This room is practically unventilated. The gas jets were two glimmers under glue pots, so that the excess of CO₂ was practically all due to respiration.
35	Blouse and Skirt Factory	Fourth floor. 38 machinists at work	40000	10 to 25 ft. in centre	38	1052	None	2.20 p.m., ^Dec. I5th, 1904	Body of room	18	4.5	One window, 2 in. at top; no other ventilation	CO₂ entirely due to respiration; the room smelt stuffy, and was without ventilation except for leakage through the window sashes.