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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
Paddington 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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66 workshop supervision.
TABLE 44. Inspections of Workshops, &c. 1909. (See also Appendix, Table VIII.)
| 1909. | 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops— | ||||
| On register beginning of year | 1,532 | 1,436 | ||
| added during year | 230 | 173 | ||
| removed „ „ | 74 | 77 | ||
| On register end of year | 1,688 | 1,532 | ||
| Inspections | 270 | 179 | ||
| Re-inspections and miscellaneous calls | 2,010 | 1,404 | ||
| Rooms measured | 95 | 42 | ||
| Workrooms used as bedrooms | 97 | 86 | ||
| Workrooms without Abstracts | 11 | 5 | ||
| Notices served, totals | 3 | 12 | ||
| Written intimations | 3 | 7 | ||
| Under Sec. 41 Public Health | — | — | ||
| 37 (London) | — | 1 | ||
| 38 Act, 1891. | — | 3 | ||
| By-laws, under same Act | 1 | |||
| Nuisances dealt with— | Discovered. | Abated. | Discovered. | Abated. |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Dirty Conditions | 26 | 26 | 34 | 32 |
| Deficient Ventilation | — | — | 6 | 7 |
| Temperature too high | — | — | — | — |
| Temperature too low | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sanitary conveniences— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Not separately provided | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Badly placed | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Unventilated | - | — | — | — |
| Defective | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Vapour, effluvia not removed | ||||
| Steam in washhouses | — | — | — | — |
| Gas fumes | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Drains | — | — | — | — |
| Wet floors, laundries | — | — | — | — |
| Accumulations of refuse | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances or offences | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Totals | 47 | 47 | 76 | 67 |
At the close of the year the Register of Home Workers contained 436 effective entries, a
nett increase of 87 above the number for 1908, comprising:—
Workshops, 136; "Single" workers, 306.