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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lambeth 1904

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904

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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
1904 is another year's record of good work carried out by the
Female Sanitary Inspector (Miss Gamble*) in connection with
(a) Factories, Workshops (Work-placesf), Shops, Out-Workers'
Homes, Laundries, etc., wherein women and girls are employed,
and (b) Underground Conveniences (belonging to the Council)
and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences (Railway Stations,
Hospitals, etc.)

Table: The year's work, 1904, may be tabulated as follows:— Summary of work carried out by Female Sanitary Inspector during the year 1904, and during the preceding two years 1902-3 (for comparison').

The year's work, 1904, may be tabulated as follows:— Summary of work carried out by Female Sanitary Inspector during the year 1904, and during the preceding two years 1902-3 (for comparison').

Workshops† visited and inspected—190419031902
(a) Dressmakers80157142
(b) Milliners141220
(c) Laundries377270
(d) Tailors72214
(e) Upholsterers——1
(f) Dyers221
(g) Others234832
Work rooms inspected495669325
Workshops† re-inspected98163333
Work rooms re-inspected113214305
Restaurants re-inspected—87118
Workshops†: workrooms therein measured265450318
Workshops† removed from Register91929
Workshops† reported to H.M. Inspector311948
Workshops† reported by H.M. Inspector1346102
Workshops† newly discovered and registered691523
‡Premises visited but no female hands found to be employed (including Out-workers)13523180

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* Miss Gamble was elected on October 3rd, 1901.
† Workshops include Workplaces.
‡ Houses where the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements
in newspapers, or other sources of information implied a probability
that females workers would be employed, but at which none were found
at the time of visit.