Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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WORKSHOPS.—Full details as to overcrowding found.
Nature of Workshop.
No. of
Workrooms
overcrowded.
No. of Employés at time of
Inspection.
No. of
Employés
allowed.
Extent of
Overcrowding
(in persons).
Male.
Female.
Total.
Bootmakers
5
40
...
40
28
1, 1, 3, 3, 4
Milliners
5
...
49
49
31
1, 2, 2, 6, 7
Dressmakers
6
...
49
49
41
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,3
Tailors
3
7
15
22
18
1, 1, 2
Mantle Makers
3
...
19
19
13
1, 1,4
Costumier
1
...
3
3
7
2
Shirt Maker
1
...
5
5
3
2
Brush Maker
1
...
3
3
2
1
Laundry
1
...
9
9
6
3
Collar Manufacturers
1
...
14
14
13
1
Theatrical Costumiers
1
8
...
8
3
5
Wig Makers
1
2
1
3
2
1
Clothing Contractors
2
2
36
38
34
2, 2
Tie Makers
1
...
8
8
7
1
Confectioners
2
5
4
9
7
1, 1
Collar Dressers
2
...
5
5
3
1, 1
36
64
220
284
218
284 persons (64 males and 220 females) i.e., 9.4 per cent of the total workers, were found to
be working in a stale of overcrowding—in a cubic space enough for only 218