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Kensington 1903

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, October 11th to November 7th, 1903...

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Statement by the Medical Officer of Health of the work of the Lady Inspectors of Workshops, &c., where women are employed, for the four weeks ended 7th November, 1903.

Description of Work.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total whole Borough.
Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
1Total number of Houses visited404165146111336160296
2Workshops and Workplaces—Newly discovered and registered2...134......47
3„ Workrooms therein measured6...1720...62633
4„ Number of Inspections of33323910487322112216
5„ Number of Re-inspections of79...1622......2238
6Workrooms—Number of Inspections of4013639215159758221439
7„ Found to be overcrowded1......12......23
8„ Found to be insufficiently ventilated3......36...1710
9„ Found to be in a dirty condition...18...182...1321
10„ Cards distributed shewing number of persons permitted in each room4......428...63438
11Houses visited for Inquiry, at which no female hands were employed*23493...6918
12Statutory notices and written intimations Issued114...155...1621
13Nuisances reported to the Medical Officer of Health and entered in Complaint Book......111......12

* Houses where the Business Plate, or the Directory, or Newspaper Advertisements, implied the
probability that Female Workers would be employed, but at which none were found.