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diarrhoea have been reported as having occurred, with a view
to helping to further elucidate the predisposing causes of
this disease; in inspecting schools (64), in connection with
outbreaks of disease (more especially measles); and in
visiting 1653 private houses, wherein births had been notified
or registered, with a view to educating the mothers and
ethers concerned how best to feed their infants (1178 visits
and 475 re-visits*).
It will be noted, in connection with the inspections and
re-inspections of workshops and workplaces (where women
are employed), that the principal defects found are dirty
workrooms, dirty sanitary appliances, defective flushing
tanks to closets, defective closets and defective dust-bins.
Overcrowding was only found in 9 cases.
Summary.
The total number of workplaces and private houses inspected
during 1910 by the Female Inspectors was 3027,
consisting of 2521 inspections and 506 re-inspections, as
follow :—
Inspec- Re-inspections.
tions.
Workshops and Factories 632 140
Restaurants 118 46
Out-workers 495 240
Private Houses 1276 80
Totals 2521 506
* 520 visits in addition to the above were paid to private houses
wherein births had been notified, but no one was found at home at
the time of such visits.