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Wandsworth 1912

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

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.TABLE CVl.—continued.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLE CVl.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work. Premises inspected10414372784266
,, re-inspected21......47
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition21......25
Other nuisances1...1...24
Intimation notices served211...26
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infectious disease notified2...1429
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found487281338134
Total number of premises inspected4152184501135321728
,, ,, ,, re-inspected1415933980
,, Intimation notices served117712349
,, ,, ,, complied with117712349
,, Statutory notices served............33
,, ,, ,, complied with............33
,, legal proceedings..................

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Table CVII. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close of
1911, the number removed from, the number added during 1912,
and the number on the Register at the end of 1912. 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 101 factories where women are employed, 75 are laundries
and 26 other factories, while of the total workshops, viz. :—507,