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OFFICES.
Complaints are constantly received calling attention to insanitary conditions in
offices in which women clerks are employed ; these are all promptly investigated, and
any defects found have been remedied, i.e., ventilation has been improved, overcrowding
abated, sanitary accommodation provided or improved.
Typewriting is an occupation making a peculiar tax on nerve and brain—the eye,
the brain, the spine are all involved as well as the fingers, and it becomes a matter of vital
importance that the conditions under which such work is carried on should be carefully
and intelligently considered from a health standpoint. It is obvious that a higher
standard will be demanded than that required in the case of mechanical work, and that
one of the essential considerations must be efficient lighting.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The inspection of the dwellings of children, notified by the London County
Council as requiring cleansing, has been carried out; 53 cases have been reported, and
66 visits have been paid. It is only fair to say that in the majority of cases experience
tends to show that the cause of the children's condition must be sought for elsewhere
than in the state of the home.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES FOR WOMEN.
In addition to other work the Ladies' Waiting Rooms at Railway Stations and
the Underground Conveniences for Women have been inspected.
CHILDREN ACT, 1908.
A notification was received from a Board of Guardians stating that a "nurse-child"
had been removed from their district to an address in the City. On the first inspection
the premises were found to be satisfactory, and subsequent visits showed that the child
was well cared for and had improved in health. After some months the infant was
removed to another district in London, and the London County Council was duly
notified of the fact.