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Wandsworth 1913

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

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248 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE CXVII.—continued.

TABLE CXVII.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected6514633298272
,, re-inspected2...62515
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
„ insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition......• ••224
Other nuisances......1214
Intimation notices served......1225
Statutory notices served............11
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infective disease notified4...61213
Houses visited for inquiry and no work room found
3915401072176
Total number of premises inspected3792655321105631842
„ „re-inspected2614431067160
,, intimation notices served861052655
„ „ complied with841052653
„ statutory notices served............22
„ „ complied with............22
„ legal proceedings..................

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Table CXVIII. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1912, the number removed from, the number added during 1913,
and the number on the Register at the end of 1913. 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 104 factories where women are employed, 76 are laundries
and 28 other factories, while of the total workshops, viz.:—523,