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Lambeth 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
During 1913, there has been no change in the personnel
of the Female Sanitary Staff.
Work of Female Inspectors.
The two Female Sanitary Inspectors carried out, during
1913, duties in connection with the inspection of (a)
Factories, Workshops (Work-places), Shops, Out-Workers'
Homes, Laundries, Restaurants, etc., wherein women and
girls are employed; (b) the Underground Conveniences
(belonging to the Council), and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences
(Railway Stations, Hospitals, etc.); (c) Houses
wherein births occurred or deaths amongst infants under 1
year of age, or deaths from infantile diarrhoea; (d) Schools
wherein there were infectious disease outbreaks;
(e) Houses wherein cases of tuberculosis or ophthalmia
neonatorum were notified, etc.
The year's work, 1913, may be tabulated as follows:—
Work carried out by the Two Female Sanitary
Inspectors during the Year, 1913.
* Workshops visited and inspected—
(a) Dressmakers 30
(b) Milliners 6
(c) Laundries 10
(d) Tailors 12
(e) Upholsterers —
(f) Dyers —
(g) Blouses 14
(h) Ties 1
(i.) Others (e.g., embroidery, shirts, bandeaux,
underclothing, etc.) 21
Workrooms inspected 99
Workshops* re-inspected 2
* Workshops include Work-places.