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117
Dustbins—
Wanting 49 72
Defective 33 34
Lavatories—
Defective 2 8
Miscellaneous defects (not included above)—
Animals improperly kept 1 3
Accumulations in yards 2 20
Sink wastes defective - 8
Otherwise 1 -
Nuisances referred to M. O. H. for attention by
Male Inspectors (defective drains, w.c.'s,
etc.) 86 68
An inspection of a workplace takes up much time, as the
different workrooms have to he measured up, a plan drawn of
the premises, and a large number of enquiries made in connection
with the filling up of the Register.
The Female Public Conveniences are under constant supervision
by the Female Inspector, 343 visits having been paid
thereto durirg 1903, whilst the Female Conveniences of Railway
Stations, Hospital Out-patient Departments, Shops, etc., also
come in for systematic supervision.
Miss Gamble has again during 1903 been engaged in visiting all
houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer) Diarrhoea have
been reported as having occurred, with a view to helping to
further elucidate the predisposing causes of this disease; and in
inspecting schools, and the homes of the scholars, in connection
with outbreaks of disease (more especially Measles). This
special work in connection with Diarrhoea is giving satisfactory
results, being work that was much needed in Lambeth, as it is in
other Districts.
It will be noted, in connection with the inspections and reinspections
of workplaces (where women are employed), that the
principal defects found are dirty workrooms, dirty sanitary
appliances, defective flushing tanks to closets, defective closets,
and defective dustbins. Overcrowding was only found in 16
cases—in each instance being slight.