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N.B.—In addition to the above, 1,414 visits were paid to houses
but no one was found to be at home.
The above returns are to be read in conjunction with the footnotes
on the two previous pages, dealing with the work of the Female
Sanitary Inspectors, who paid 158 visits to children between 1 and
5 years, viz. : Births 72, enlarged tonsils and adenoids 72,
tuberculosis 14.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Factories.
6 new factories were added to the Register, dealing with (a)
Children's Dresses, 1 ; (b) Dress-making, 1 ; (c) Ink and Wax Manufacturing,
1 ; (d) Laundry Work, 2 ; (e) Pleating, 1.
Workshops.
38 new workshops (including 3 Domestic workshops) were
added to the Register, dealing with:—Baby Linen, 1; Bakeiy, 1 ;
Box-making, 1 ; Cleaning and Pressing, 1 ; Dress-making, 11 ;
Embroidery, 2 ; Engineering, 2 ; Essence-making, 1 ; Florist, 1 ;
Glass goods, 1 ; Lace goods, 1 ; Mantles, 2 ; Neckwear, 1 ; Polishes,
1 ; Shoes, 1 ; Tailoring, 7 ; Theatrical Clothing, 1 ; Upholstery, 1 ;
Wireless apparatus, 1.
* Including revisits as follows:—Births 2,462 (of which 1,472 were paid to
children between 1 and 5 years of age), Ophthalmia neonatorum cases 208.
† Special enquiries infectious diseases.
§ Including housing, 308 (visits); infantile deaths, 167 (visits); tuberculosis,
68 (visits); and puerperal pyrexia, 15 visits.