London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for whole Borough | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||
| Workshops, Number of visited .and inspected | 154 | 561 | 86 | 801 | 393 | 15 | 65 | 473 | 1,274 |
| Workshops, Number of re-inspected | 29 | 228 | 10 | 267 | 68 | 1 | 11 | 80 | 347 |
| Workrooms, Number of inspected | 176 | 1,865 | 72 | 2,113 | 499 | 35 | 63 | 597 | 2,710 |
| Workrooms found to be overcrowded | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | 18 | — | — | 18 | 23 |
| Workrooms found to be insufficiently ventilated | 4 | 29 | 2 | 35 | 20 | — | 1 | 21 | 56 |
| Workrooms found to be in a dirty condition | 5 | 210 | 3 | 218 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 260 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 27 | 105 | 19 | 151 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 195 |
| Workshops : Workrooms therein measured | 29 | 70 | 18 | 117 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 179 |
| Workshops reported to H.M. Inspector, on discovery | 22 | 23 | 9 | 54 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 97 |
| Workshops reported by H.M. Inspector | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 11 |
| Workshops removed from Register | 18 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 85 |
| Houses visited where no female hands were employed* | 24 | 14 | 31 | 69 | 48 | 3 | 20 | 71 | 140 |
| Written Intimations and Statutory Notices issued | 15 | 240 | 3 | 258 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 287 |
| Works carried out under supervision:— | |||||||||
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | — | 11 | — | 11 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| (ft)' Rooms cleansed and white.-washed | 2 | 200 | 3 | 205 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 225 |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | — | 72 | — | 72 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 78 |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences, dirty, ill-lighted, unventilated, or defective in water Bupply | 4 | 57 | — | 61 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 70 |
| (e) Dust-bins wanting or defective | 1 | 12 | — | 13 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 14 |
| (f) Miscellaneous defects remedied | 3 | 57 | — | 60 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 62 |
| Nuisances referred to Medical Officer of Health | 3 | 25 | — | 28 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | 84 |
| Cases of overcrowding of workrooms abated | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | 18 | — | — | 18 | 23 |
| Cards distributed showing Number of persons who may be employed | 16 | — | 5 | 21 | 68 | — | 4 | 72 | 93 |
* Houses where the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements in newspapers implied a probability
that female workers would be employed, but at which none were found.