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Wandsworth 1914

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TA BLE CXIV.—continued.

TA BLE CXIV.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected94495763106369
,, re-inspected16...6...13
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
,, in a dirty condition14.........5
Other nuisances23...2...8
Intimation notices served352...11
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infective disease notified3211714
Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found5937633553247
Total number of premises inspected4412843961705381829
,, ,, ,, re-inspected1429221634115
,, intimation notices served10101131347
,, ,, ,, complied with101031347
,, statutory notices served..................
„ ,, „ complied with..................
,, legal proceedings..................

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Table CXV. shows the number of factories, workshops, domestic
workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close of 1913,
the number removed from, the number added during 1914, and the
number on the Register at the end of 1914. 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 106 factories where women are employed, 77 are laun
dries and 29 other factories, while of the total workshops, viz.:—495