Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906 page 82

Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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"Home Office.—Seventy-tree cases of failure to affix the required Abstract in workshops were
notified to the Home Office, and seven complaints re overtime, etc. Twenty-nine complaints were
received from the Home Office of alleged insanitary conditions in workshops, all of which were
at once investigated and, where necessary, remedied; twenty-four reports thereon were forwarded
to H.M. Inspectors.
"In conclusion: we gladly testify to the almost invariable willingness of Employers to
conform to the requirements of the law when attention is called to any default, and to the courtesy
with which our visits and suggestions are received."

Table: The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.

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The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.

1906.	North Kensington.				South Kensington.				Total for Borough.
1906.	Dressmakers.	Laundries.	Miscellaneous	Total	Dressmakers	Laundries.	Miscellaneous	Total.	Total for Borough.
1. Workshop inspections, No. of	98	333	184	615	1,000	15	273	1,288	1,903
2. „ re-inspections „	28	180	19	227	179	3	38	220	447
3. Workrooms inspected	126	2,118	225	2,469	1,484	37	246	1,767	4,236
4. Workrooms found overcrowded	6	1	3	10	12	—	1	13	23
5. „ insufficiently ventilated	8	17	6	31	10	—	1	11	42
6. „ in a dirty condition	9	108	3	120	7	1	3	11	131
7. „ measured; number of	32	10	16	58	120	—	11	131	189
8. Workshops, &c., reported to H.M. Inspector	13	—	14	27	38	-	8	46	73
9. Workshops, &c., reported by H.M. Inspector	10	4	2	16	40	-	6	46	62
10. Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered	13	3	14	30	55	-	17	72	102
11. Workshops, &c., removed from register	1	6	5	12	51	1	9	60	72
12. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected	37	74	109	220	13	1	154	168	388
13. Written intimations issued	9	62	3	75	45	1	15	61	136
14. Statutory notices issued	1	23	1	25	7	—	3	10	35
15. Sanitary defects remedied:—
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided	—	1	—	1	11	—	6	17	18
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed	4	92	4	100	4	2	2	8	108
(c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired	—	46	1	47	2	—	1	3	50
(d) Sanitary conveniences; defects remedied	5	18	1	24	16	—	10	26	50
(e) Dustbins provided or repaired	—	1	—	1	5	—	2	7	8
(f) Miscellaneous defects remedied	—	13	—	13	2	—	1	3	16
16. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer of Health	1	8	9	18	3	-	2	5	23
17. Workroom cards distributed; Number of	24	—	12	36	139	—	12	151	187

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Table: The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.