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Twenty-three of the common lodging-houses, with accommodation for 706 persons (140 of
them in double beds) are comprised in the " Notting-dale " special area.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
This Act requires the Council to " Keep a register of all workshops situate within their
district." It also requires the Medical Officer of Health in his annual report to the Council to
" report specifically on the administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces," and to send a
copy of the report, or so much of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State."
Inspection of workshops where women are employed has been thoroughly carried out since
1893, when the late Vestry, at my recommendation, appointed two ladies (who are now His
Majesty's Inspectors of Factories) to supervise the carrying out of the provisions of the then
existing Factory and Workshop Acts, in relation to workshops, laundries, etc. The precedent then
established has since been largely followed by Public Health Authorities within and without the
Metropolis, and ere many years shall have passed it is probable that the practice of employing the
services of women in sanitary administration will have become general.
The report of the Inspectors of workshops, laundries, etc. where women are employed is as
follows:—