Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XC.—continued.
Clapham.
Puntney.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
j Borough.
Sanitary conveniences defective
3
...
...
5
1
9
Other nuisances
4
...
2
3
8
17
Inrimation notices served
9
...
3
7
9
28
Statutory notices served
...
...
...
...
...
...
Legal proceedings
...
...
...
...
...
...
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected
57
3
39
27
82
208
,, re-inspected
5
...
6
3
13
27
Workrooms found overcrowded
...
...
...
...
...
...
,, insufficiently ventilated
...
...
...
...
...
...
„ in a_dirty condition
3
...
...
4
10
17
Other nuisances
2
...
...
1
4
7
Intimation notices served
3
...
...
2
9
14
Statutory notices served
...
...
...
...
...
...
Legal proceedings
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cases of infectious diseases notified
...
...
...
1
1
2
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom
found
99
37
88
32
121
377
Total number of premises inspected
365
243
516
117
573
1814
,, ,, ,, re-inspected
5i
46
98
60
100
355
,, Intimation notices served
27
13
23
11
39
113
,, ,, ,, complied with
22
13
25
8
34
102
,, Statutory notices served
...
...
...
...
...
...
,, ,, ,, complied with
...
...
...
...
...
...
,, legal proceedings
...
...
1
...
...
1
Table XCI. shows the number of factories, workshops, domestic
workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close of 1908,
the number removed from, the number added during 1909, and the
number on the Register at the end of 1909. The number of
workrooms in workshops is also shown.
The factories and workshops are divided into dressmakers'
and milliners' premises, laundries, and miscellaneous premises;
and the workplaces are divided into laundries and miscellaneous
premises.
Of the total number of factories where women are employed,
73 are laundries and 19 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz.:—519, 313 are dressmakers and milliners, 150 laundries