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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.
FACTORIES.
During the year 1907 all the factories in which women are employed, then
on the Register, have been inspected.
The following table shows the number of visits paid and of women employed:—
| Trade. | No. of Workrooms. | No. of Women employed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Women's. | Total. | ||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| 90 | ||||
| — | ||||
| 699 | ||||
The trades in which the largest number of women are employed are :
(i.) Blouse-making, with 1,480 women working in 65 workrooms, and
(ii.) Printing, with 1,357 women in 210 workrooms.
The defects found were as follows :—
| Sanitary accommodation dirty | 60 |
| „ „ defective - | 42 |
| „ „ not kept separate for sexes - | 1 |
| ,, „ insufficient - | 3 |
| General defects ..... | 14 |
| Total • | 120 |
WORKSHOPS.
The workshops inspected during the year represent 94 trades, the majority
of them being places where clothing of some kind is made.
The number of visits paid include 238 initial and 1,100 periodical
inspections.