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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Tables which follow summarise the work done during the
year by the female Sanitary Inspectors.
The total number of premises inspected was 1,709 (354 in
Clapham, 222 in Putney, 525 in Streatham, 134 in Tooting, and 441 in
Wandsworth).
119 inspections were made of factories, 953 of workshops, 58 of
domestic workshops, 421 of workplaces, and 158 of outworkers'
premises, while 399 premises were visited for inquiry and no workroom
found.
There were only 12 cases of overcrowding discovered, compared
with 17 in 1904, and 22 in 1903, and these were all forthwith
abated; four were insufficiently ventilated, and 83 were found to be in
a dirty condition. In three factories and in one workshop the sanitary
conveniences were found to be insufficient, while in 22 factories and
eight workshops these were defective.
It was only necessary to serve 111 intimation and nine statutory
notices during the year, and again this year I am able to report that
all these notices were at once complied with, the five remaining at the
close of the year having been complied with early in the present year
(1906).
67 workshops and 16 domestic workshops where females were
employed were reported to H.M. Inspector of Workshops, and 32
were reported by H.M. Inspector to this Council.
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