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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
Southwark 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Inspector, Miss ELLIOTT.
Statement of Inspections, with Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-Inspections, &c.
| Description of Work. | Total for Borough. |
|---|---|
| Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register at end of year | 546 |
| Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein | 1204 |
| ,, Number of Inspections of | 883 |
| ,, Number of Re-inspections of | 1423 |
| ,, Number of Workrooms measured | 177 |
| Workrooms, &c., Number of Inspections of | 1757 |
| ,, found to be overcrowded | 20 |
| ,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | 121 |
| ,, found to be in a dirty condition | 541 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 170 |
| ,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 14 |
| ,, Removed from the Register | 36 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 119 |
| Houses visited re outworkers or at which outworkers are employed | 373 |
| Written Intimations issued | 263 |
| Statutory notices | 130 |
| Works carried out under supervision— | |
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 43 |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 778 |
| (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 83 |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences constructed | 2 |
| (e) Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 155 |
| Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 9 |
| (f) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 5 |
| (g) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply | 73 |
| (h) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | 1 |
| (i) Cisterns dirty or uncovered | — |
| (j) Miscellaneous | 158 |