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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 51.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS (Women's).
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 | 618 |
| Factories, Number of Inspections of | 22 |
| Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein | 1268 |
| ,, Number of Inspections of | 470 |
| „ Number of Re-inspections of | 1735 |
| ,, Number of Workrooms measured | 450 |
| Workrooms, &c., Number of Inspections of | 857 |
| „ found to be overcrowded | 5 |
| ,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | 4 |
| ,, found to be in a dirty condition | 138 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 97 |
| ,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 17 |
| „ Removed from the Register | 88 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 12 |
| Houses inspected re outworkers or at which outworkers are employed | 778 |
| Written Intimations issued | 133 |
| Statutory notices | 43 |
| Works carried out under supervision— | |
| (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | — |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 359 |
| 2 | |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences constructed | 5 |
| (e) Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 146 |
| Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 12 |
| Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:— | |
| (/) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | — |
| — | |
| (h) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | — |
| (i) Cisterns dirty or uncovered | — |
| 177 |