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Southwark 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 49.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS (Women's).
Inspector, Miss ELLIOTT.
Statement of Inspections, with Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-Inspections,
| Description of Work. | Total for Borough. |
|---|---|
| Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register at end of year | 594 |
| Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein | 1288 |
| ,, Number of Inspections of | 821 |
| ,, Number of Re-inspections of | 1485 |
| ,, Number of Workrooms measured | 478 |
| Workrooms, &c.. Number of Inspections of | 1622 |
| ,, found to be overcrowded | 9 |
| ,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | 35 |
| ,, found to be in a dirty condition | 335 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 89 |
| ,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 46 |
| ,, Removed from the Register | 107 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 35 |
| Houses inspected re outworkers or at which out workers are employed | 398 |
| Written Intimations issued | 201 |
| Statutory notices | 76 |
| Works carried out under supervision— | |
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 28 |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 606 |
| (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 84 |
| 9 | |
| (e) Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 162 |
| Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 10 |
| Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:— | |
| (f) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 1 |
| 51 | |
| — | |
| 1 | |
| 181 |