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It will be seen from this memorandum that the duties are extremely onerous and
important. Not only have all these workshops to be regularly inspected, but special registers
of workshops and workplaces, slaughterhouses, and bakehouses, have to be kept up to date,
otherwise it is impossible to keep a record of what is being done to perform the duties
imposed by the Act. It is probable that when it comes into full working order we shall have to
ask for a special female inspector for factories and workshops, and an extra clerk to keep the
registers. There are at present 966 workshops and workplaces on the register, but this
probably does not represent more than two-thirds of the actual number in the district, since
fresh places are constantly being discovered during house-to-house inspection. In these there
are employed 4,619 men, 2,313 women, 64 boys and 37 girls. In the annexed list will be found
the nuisances which were discovered in the course of inspection.
Walls and ceilings of workplaces cleansed 33
Workshops supplied with water 2
Means of Ventilation improved 10
Roof repaired 1
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed 44
W.C. flushing apparatus repaired 11
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated or cleansed 32
W.C. pans cleansed or new pans fixed 13
W.C. connections repaired 3
W.C.'s supplied with water or existing supplies improved 12
Urinals reconstructed, cleansed or repaired 7
Urinals supplied with water 3
Lavatories cleansed 4
Drains reconstructed, cleansed, repaired, or ventilated 22
Drains trapped 5
Waste pipes disconnected from drain 1
Gutters and stackpipes repaired or fixed 7
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided 3
Accumulations of refuse removed 9
Dung receptacle provided or repaired 14
Floor repaired 11
Yard paved or paving repaired 14
Yard drained 5
Yard cleansed 5
Miscellaneous 19
The total number of primary inspections during the year was 271. This does not include
re-inspections. The number of intimation notices served was 108, and, in default, there were
statutory notices served in 26 cases. It was only necessary to take out summonses in the
following cases.
Order of Council.
Fines and Costs.
Premises and Date of Hearing
£11 10s., and
2s. costs.
June 16th, 1902, Messrs.
White, Cottell & Co.,
101-3, Long Lane
Render premises fit for habitation (Intimation,
October 3rd, 1900. Statutory, December 12th,
1900. Magistrate's Order, June 6th, 1901)
£5 5s. costs.
Do. do. summons
withdrawn, July, 1902
Premises vacated
12s. 6d. costs.
Summons withdrawn,
(premises closed)
March, 1902; 104,
Bermondsey Street
Provide suitable and sufficient accommodation in the
way of sanitary conveniences with separate
accommodation for each sex to the extent of at
least one w.c. to each 20 employees. Provide
that water for drinking purposes cannot be drawn
from a cistern which is in direct communication
with w.c. (Intimation, July 22nd, 1901. Statutory,
October 7th, 1901)
Provide premises with suitable and sufficient accommodation
in the way of sanitary conveniences
for persons employed. (Intimations, December
18th and 23rd, 1901, Statutory, January 30th,
1902)
2s. costs.
33, 47 and 49, Tooley
Street (summonses
withdrawn). Notices
complied with, June,
1902
It is difficult to give a general idea of the condition of and workplaces during
the year 1902, since there was such a large number to be inspected that it was impossible to get
them all measured up, with full notes as to the light, ventilation and air space. A new register
containing these particulars has been adopted so that it will be possible to give a detailed
account of every workshop.
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