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Particulars of Defects found by Women Inspectors.
Workshops, etc.:—
Workrooms :
Overcrowded, Damp, Dirty, etc. 3
Defective or Dirty:
Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Walls and
Geilings, Rain Water Pipes, Sink Wastes, or
Premises generally 59
Sanitary Appliances :
Water Closets—Dirty, unventilated, choked, defective
or with defective tanks or water
supplies 60
Drainage—Defective
Dustbins—Wanting or Defective 16
Lavatories—Dirty or Defective 0
No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation
for the sexes 2
Miscellaneous Defects, Defective Chimneys, etc. 12
Factories and Workshops.
Eighteen new factories and 16 new workshops were added to the
Register, dealing with various trades.
Out-workers.
Ten February and ten August lists were received, dealing with
206 and 155 out-workers respectively. Of the 361 out-workers
171 belonged to Lambeth and the remainder lived in other areas.
Particulars of the latter were sent to the Authorities concerned,
whilst, in return, 91 lists were received from various outside
authorities dealing with 518 workers living in Lambeth.
Of the total Lambeth out-workers reported 64 were new,
i.e., not previously registered.
The two women inspectors each work in one-half of the Borough,
and are responsible for the inspection and supervision under the
Factory and Workshops Acts, of all places where female labour
is employed. They visit regularly the kitchens, etc., attached to
all restaurants and cafes where food is prepared and cooked, but
in the case of public houses, however, it is found to be more
convenient to leave the inspection of kitchens to the district
sanitary inspectors.