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[1912
Registers.—5,180 workshops are at present on the registers. Th s
number includes 496 workshops where men are employed, 811 workplaces where
women are employed, 100 laundries, 241 bakehouses, 730 kitchens of restaurants
and eating houses, or of places where food is prepared, and 2,802 outworkers'
premises.

Sanitation.—1,433 sanitary defects were discovered, of which 492 related
to want of cleanliness, 33 to want of ventilation, 14 to overcrowding, 35 to
insufficient, or want of, drainage to the floors, and 187 to other nuisances. In
60 instances dustbins were wanting or defective, in 44 the w.c. accommodation
was insufficient, in 280 it was foul, in 252 it was unsuitable or defective ,and
in 14 the sexes had not been provided with separate accommodation, while in
16 a water supply was provided.
Of these sanitary defects, 1,415 had been remedied at the close of the
year. In addition to these, nuisances were found in 50 instances in the homes
of outworkers, from which 24 cases of infectious diseases had been reported.
It is interesting to note that since 1896 as many as 18,047 nuisances which
were of a more oi less serious character have been dealt with in the factories,
workshops and workplaces of the Borough by the Inspectors. There were of
course innumerable nuisances of minor importance which were discovered
and remedied.
Some of these dealt with are to be seen in the following Table,
which gives particulars for each year since 1896.