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getting necessary work done when the facts were brought to the knowledge of
the parties responsible.
Much difficulty is experienced in dealing with the subject of ventilation
where the employment of gas rings and stoves, &c., is the polluting agent—
in many cases the only real solution in such cases is mechanical ventilation.
* Details of Workshop Inspections, 1905.
New workshops notified by H.M. Factory
Department 66
No Abstract of Act affixed where women and
young persons were employed — cases
notified to H.M. Factory Inspector 51
Domestic workshops registered 8
Statutory Certificates for cleansing issued by
Medical Officer of Health 74
Outworkers living in the City notified to the
Corporation 236
Outworkers notified by Corporation to outside
districts 7,891
Complaints—
From H.M. Factory Inspector 32
General 24
Total number of complaints 56
Initial inspections (workrooms) 548
Periodical inspections 758
Re-inspections (sanitary work in hand) 2,974
3,280
Workers employed—
Men 3,493
Women 2,870
Young persons (male) 44
,, „ (female) 55
6,462
Notices served—
Intimation 463
Statutory 123
586
Defects remedied.
Walls, ceilings, and approaches cleansed 426
Ventilation improved 125
Overcrowding abated 15
Drains relaid or amended 47
Soil pipes repaired or renewed 54
Urinals repaired or renewed 3
„ flush improved 4
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* For details of Women Sanitary Inspectors' work, see page 79.