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accommodation found to exist, though its absence
can hardly be described as a nuisance, calling for the
attention of the Inspector.
Notices have been served in connection with the above
sanitary defects, which, in consequence, either have been,
or are in process of being, remedied; though in only one
case has it been found necessary to resort to magisterial
proceedings—a satisfactory statement to be able to make.
The present condition of the Lambeth Workshops,
therefore, is good, but careful periodical inspections will
be needed to keep them up to the standard of efficiency
required.
Twenty workshops have been closed since they were
inspected.
The question as to the advisability, or otherwise, of employing
a Female Sanitary Inspector naturally arises when
we consider that of 2,030 persons found to be employed in
the Lambeth Workshops, 1689 (i.e., 55 per cent.) were
females (women and girls), whilst in 187 workshops, females
alone were employed, and amongst these latter chiefly overcrowding
was found to exist. Taking the experience of
other Metropolitan Districts and that of several of the
largest provincial Towns (Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool,
Nottingham, etc.), there can be little doubt but that the
appointment of a Female Inspector would prove of advantage
to Lambeth, provided a careful selection were made to
secure a suitable and efficient officer of experience and
tact, for it must be remembered that women and girls can,
and do, talk to a woman, better than to a man, Inspector.
I do not suggest that such an officer should be appointed as a
cheap man, but that she should be able to command, by her
qualifications, education, training, and experience, a male