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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 56.
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 | 571 |
| Factories, Number of Inspections of | — |
| Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein | 1169 |
| ,, Number of Inspections of | 451 |
| ,, Number of Re-inspections of | 1194 |
| ,, Number of Workrooms measured | 322 |
| Workrooms, &c., Number of Inspections of | 808 |
| ,, found to be overcrowded | 12 |
| ,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | 4 |
| ,, found to be in a dirty condition | 165 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 71 |
| ,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 7 |
| ,, Removed from the Register | 76 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 24 |
| Houses inspected re outworkers or at which outworkers are employed | 401 |
| Written Intimations issued | 91 |
| Statutory notices | 20 |
| Works carried out under supervision— | |
| 2 | |
| 372 | |
| (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 1 |
| (d) Sanitary conveniences constructed | 4 |
| (e) Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 84 |
| " Overcrowding'' of Workrooms, Gases of, abated | 37 |
| (f) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | — |
| (g)Sanitary Conveniences ill- lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply | - |
| (h) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | _ |
| 138 |