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Overcrowding.
Miss Whitworth reported the existence of overcrowding
at a workshop in Sydenham. The workshop contained seven
rooms in which a large number of women are employed. Of
the seven rooms four were overcrowded. In one room, in
which 15 workers were permitted, 22 were discovered. The
only action possible was to serve an intimation notice under
the Public Health (London) Act, and in the event of further
evidence of overcrowding to serve a statutory notice, and on
a third offence to apply to a magistrate for an order to
prohibit the repetition of the offence, a cumbersome method
of obtaining a remedy.
Insufficient Sanitary Conveniences.
Workshops at 76 and 78, Ewart Road, and Kelvin Hall,
Kelvin Grove, were found to be without suitable accommodation
in the way of sanitary conveniences for the persons employed
in or in attendance at such premises. Notices were served,
and complied with.