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REPORTS PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
19th June. The National Insurance Act, 1911 : the Treatment of
Tuberculosis Cases.
17th July. Elementary School Children—Verminous Conditions.
llth December. The Prevention of Excessive Infantile Mortality.
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE DURING 1912.
By the Lady Sanitary Inspetor.
The work done during 1912 has comprised the following : —
(1) Inspection of workshops and Laundries at which women are
employed.
(2) Inspection of outworkers' premises.
(3) Visiting cases of phthisis.
(4) Visiting cases of measles and other non-notifiable infectious
cases notified by the school authorities.
(5) Visiting Special cases reported from hospitals, and other
agencies, &c.
(6) Visiting to give instruction re management of infants.
Workshops and Laundries. —During the year 33 new workshops were
registered, and 22 were removed from the register, the total number at
the end of the year being 488. There were 20 laundries on the register at
the end of the year, 3 being factory and one a domestic laundry. Twenty
inspections were made in connection with laundries. During the year
97 workrooms were measured, for which workroom cards were given.
The total number of inspections made in connection with workrooms was
702. In 21 instances notices were served for cleansing workrooms, for
overcrowding, or for deficient ventilation.

Outworkers.—The two half-early returns are as follows :—
Number of Lists received 56
Total number of Outworkers as per Lists 645
Number living in Chelsea 123
Number forwarded to other Boroughs 648
Received from other Boroughs 135
The number of inspections made of outworkers' premises was 122,
The names and addresses of outworkers living in other districts, but
working for Chelsea firms, were forwarded to their respective Boroughs