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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
177 inspections were made of factories, 917 of workshops,
44 of domestic workshops, 224 of workplaces, and 226 of outworkers'
premises, while 134 premises were visited for inquiry
and no workroom found.
There was only one case of overcrowding discovered, compared
with three in 1911, one in 1910, and two in 1909, and this was
at once abated. 37 were found to be in a dirty condition, compared
with 17 in 1911, 30 in 1910 and 56 in 1909.
In one factory inspected during the year there were no separate
water closets for the sexes, and in five factories and one workshop
the water closets were defective.
Other nuisances were discovered in two factories, 16 workshops,
four workplaces, and four outworker's premises, and these were
all abated.
It was only necessary to serve 49 intimation notices and three
statutory notices, and these were all complied with.
17 workshops and five domestic workshops where females
were employed were reported to H.M. Inspector of Workshops
and 37 were reported to this Council by H.M. Inspector.
Only 11 of the workshops (two in Clapham, three in Putney,
three in Streatham, and three in Wandsworth), reported by H.M.
Inspector were unknown to the Sanitory Inspectors. The other
26 had been previously reported to H.M. Inspector, or were already
on the Register.