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HOUSES UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
Representations were made by me in respect of a dwelling
house situated in Riddington's Yard, Lewisham. The premises
were permanently closed.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The following premises were added to the register of
Houses Let in Lodgings. The occupation of these houses is now
regulated by Bye-laws :—335, Stanstead Road ; 47, Molesworth
Street; 5, Pascoe Road.
DISINFECTION.
During the year 1,316 rooms have been disinfected by
formalin spray, and 27,567 articles of bedding, clothing, etc.,
were removed from infected houses to the Council's Disinfecting
Station for treatment in the steam disinfector.
WORKSHOPS AND WORKROOMS.
There are in the Borough 588 workshops, containing 885
workrooms to which the provisions of the Factory and
Workshop Act apply.
The total number of workers found on inspection
amounted to 2333, of which 597 were men, 1326 women, and
410 young persons.
The largest proportion of these workers were engaged
in the dressmaking, laundry, and millinery trades, there being
1274 women, 302 young persons, and only 14 men, so
employed. These premises are inspected by the Woman
Sanitary Inspector, together with the workshops employing
women in other trades. Only 52 women and 108 young
persons were employed in all the other trades, which
necessitate the employment of male labour, and at which
583 men were engaged.