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ance; and in 2 cases (i.e., 2.3%) there was found to
be direct communication between w.c.s and workrooms.
4. As to Dampness.
In 1 workshop (i.e., 1.2%) a workroom was found
on inspection to be damp, and to such an extent as to
call for attention by the Inspector.
5. As to Overcrowding.
The cubic capacities of the different workrooms were
found to vary considerably, and in 4 of the 133 workrooms
{i.e. 301%) overcrowding was found to exist,
though the overcrowding was limited to 1, 2 or 3
persons in excess per workroom, as will be seen on
reference to the accompanying Table III.
During the year the Vestry decided by resolution to take
no further action in regard to appointing a Female Sanitary
Inspector—a decision to be regretted, as Lambeth Parish
contains 721 Workshops, in which are employed 3,157
persons, and of these 2,472 (i.e., 78.3%) are women and
girls (44 6 per cent. of the Workshops employing only
female labour).*
These statistics help to make out a strong case for the
appointment of a Female Inspector, who would also be of
great use in (1) constantly supervising the female underground
conveniences in the Parish—a supervision that
cannot be efficiently done, for obvious reasons, by a male
Inspector; (2) inspecting shops where girls and women
* The question had been adjourned for six months by the Vestry at their
Meeting held on April 28th, 1898.