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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The appended Table summarises the work of the year, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form:—
| 1911. | North Kensington. | Sooth Kensington. | Total for Borough. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | ||
| 1. Workshop inspections, No. of | Ill | 229 | 214 | 554 | 616 | 6 | 207 | 829 | 1,388 |
| 2. „ re-inspections „ | 6 | 81 | 9 | 43 | 158 | — | 46 | 204 | 250 |
| 8. Workrooms inspected „ | 117 | 614 | 214 | 945 | 893 | 26 | 298 | 1,217 | 2,162 |
| 4. Workrooms found overcrowded | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 5. ,, insufficiently ventilated | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | — | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 6. „ in a dirty condition. | 2 | 27 | 8 | 32 | 11 | — | 2 | 13 | 45 |
| 7. ,, measured; Number of | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 65 | — | 4 | 69 | 73 |
| 8. Workshops, &c., reported to H.M. Inspector | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 31 | — | 10 | 41 | 47 |
| 9. Workshops, &c., reported by H.M. Inspector | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 40 | — | 16 | 56 | 68 |
| 10. Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 42 | — | 12 | 54 | 61 |
| 11. Workshops, &c., removed from register . | 4 | 4 | — | 8 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 50 |
| 12. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected | 54 | 62 | 56 | 172 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 63 | 235 |
| 18. Written intimations issued | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 56 | — | 15 | 71 | 89 |
| 14. Statutory notices issued | — | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | — | 7 | 18 | 19 |
| 15. Sanitary defects remedied :— | |||||||||
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | — | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| (6) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 5 | 37 | 8 | 45 | 11 | — | 2 | 13 | 58 |
| (c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | — | 3 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 6 |
| — | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | — | 11 | 28 | 84 | |
| («) Dustbins provided or repaired | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| (/) Miscellaneous defects remedied | — | 8 | — | 8 | 10 | — | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 16. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer ot Health | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 17. Workroom cards distributed; Number of | 2 | — | 2 | 70 | — | 5 | 75 | 77 | |
Failure to send Lists of Outworkers.—Difficulties have again been experienced in obtaining
lists of outworkers from employers who wait to be reminded of their duty in this respect.
Eleven summonses were accordingly taken out against employers who had failed to send in lists due
on the 1st of August. These cases were heard on November 21st, and the Justices inflicted fines of
20s. each in nine cases, the remaining two summonses being withdrawn.