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WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
In factories the Sanitary Authorities deal chiefly with sanitary accommodation,
other health questions being within the purview of H.M. Inspectors
of Factories.
Six hundred and twenty-four visits were paid during the year by your
Women Inspectors to factories in which women was employed. In many
instances the sanitary accommodation was found to be dirty and defective or
badly ventilated, and a large number of cases of unsuitable or insufficient
accommodation were reported, and where structural alterations were required,
were dealt with by the District Inspectors.
Workshops in the City where women are employed are for the most part
connected with the Clothing trades, and include Millinery, Tailoring, Furriers,
Blouses, Underclothing, Ties, Belts, Shirts, Collars, Caps, Lace, Gloves,
Frilling, Feathers and Artificial Flowers. There are also many Umbrella
makers, and among other trades represented are:—Upholstery, Carpets,
Leather Goods, Frames, Engraving, Machine Ruling, Blinds, Cork Dipping
and Christmas Cards.

This number includes visits paid to Domestic Workshops.
The defects found were chiefly in relation to dirty walls and ceilings,
insufficient ventilation, overcrowding, and dirty and defective sanitary
arrangements. In the case of one domestic workshop the walls were reported
as being in a verminous condition, and were promptly stripped and cleansed.
Speaking generally, the standard of cleanliness in domestic workshops in the
City is fairly good.
The inspection of Restaurant Kitchens where women are employed is
being continued.