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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF STRAND DISTRICT
Workshops.
The inspection of workplaces is the special duty of Inspector
Martinson, and the nature of the employments chiefly carried out
in the District are set out in the list prepared by him of the work
done under this heading daring the year 1900. From the way
in which dwellings and workplaces are united in the same
building, it follows not infrequently, that the house as a whole
has been inspected by Chief Inspector Strutt, so that works of
re-drainage and such like may be included in the general list
rather than under that of "Workshops."
Number of inspections 714
„ visits 1,760
Letters written 90
Extra W.C. accommodation provided 4
Overcrowding abated 10
Premises cleansed 301
Ventilation improved 3
Number of outworkers 397
Premises notified to H.M. Inspector 16
„ from „ 6
Complaints from Home Office 4
There are now on the Register 300 Workshops, containing
841 workrooms, in which 3,021 males and 1,003 females are
employed. These numbers are exclusive of shops, offices and
Covent Garden Market, and show an increase on preceding years.
Bakehouses.—The bakehouses have been regularly inspected.
The number in the District has been reduced from 24 to 23.
Laundries.—There are 20 in the District, and they have been
inspected from time to time.
Printing Offices have increased to 120.
Tailors' workshops, to the number of 90, are on the Register,
but this is a constantly varying number, as those engaged in
this class of work in a small way, frequently change their place
of abode.