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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
Kensington 1904
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904
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"The subjoined table summarises the work of the year in regard to workshops, capable of being expressed in this form. so far as it is
| North Kensington. | Sodth Kensington. | Total for Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | ||
| 1. Workshop inspections | 148 | 520 | 223 | 891 | 893 | 26 | 227 | 1,146 | 2 037 |
| 2. „ re-inspections | 25 | 203 | 9 | 237 | 165 | 2 | 85 | 202 | 489 |
| 8. Workroom inspections | 184 | 2,188 | 243 | 2,615 | 1,550 | 76 | 314 | 1,940 | 4,555 |
| 4. Workrooms found overcrowded | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 12 | — | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 5. ,, insufficiently ventilated | 8 | 10 | — | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 39 |
| 6. ,, in a dirty condition | 1 | 165 | 3 | 169 | 20 | — | 7 | 27 | 196 |
| 7. ,, measured; number of | 40 | 18 | 7 | 65 | 121 | — | 11 | 132 | 197 |
| 8. Workshops, &c., reported to H.M. Inspector | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 37 | — | 5 | 42 | 57 |
| 9. Workshops, &c., reported by H.M. Inspector | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 9 | — | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 10. Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 69 |
| 11. Workshops, &c., removed from register . | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 74 | 7 | 20 | 101 | 114 |
| 12. Houses visited for enquiry* | 2 | — | 109 | 111 | 45 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 171 |
| 18. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected | 20 | 18 | 26 | 64 | 40 | 2 | — | 42 | 106 |
| 14. Written intimations issued | 2 | 88 | 5 | 95 | 36 | — | 12 | 48 | 143 |
| 15. Statutory notices issued | — | 29 | 1 | 30 | 3 | — | 6 | 9 | 89 |
| 16. Sanitary defects remedied :— | |||||||||
| — | 3 | — | 3 | 8 | — | 2 | 10 | 13 | |
| 1 | 181 | 3 | 185 | 9 | — | 2 | 11 | 196 | |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | 1 | 61 | — | 62 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 64 |
| 2 | 37 | 12 | 51 | 21 | _ | 5 | 26 | 77 | |
| (e) Dustbins provided or repaired | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| (f) Miscellaneous defects remedied | 1 | 22 | — | 23 | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 28 |
| 17. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer oi Health | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 4 | _ | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 18. Cases of overcrowding of workshops abated | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 12 | - | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 19. Workroom cards distributed; Number of | 34 | — | 4 | 38 | 116 | — | 5 | 121 | 159 |
"We may add that, as usual, we kept the public lavatories provided for women under supervision
: they are but three in number, two in North Kensington, at Westbourne Grove and Talbot
Road respectively, and one in Brompton Road, by the Oratory, which was opened in the course
of the year. We likewise kept under observation the accommodation provided at the eleven railway
stations in the Royal Borough."