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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
Camberwell 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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2—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1950.
| Particulars. | No. of cases in which defects were found. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | – | – |
| Inadequate ventilation | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | 1 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Sanitary conveniences— | |||||
| (a) insufficient | 12 | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | – | 1 | – |
| (c) not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Total | 27 | 23 | – | 5 | – |
Outworkers.
Section 110 of the Factories Act, 1937, requires employers of
home workers to forward to the local authority in February and
August each year a list of the names and addresses of all such
workers employed by them during the preceding six months.
Section 111 empowers the local authority to prohibit by notice
the giving out of work to be done in a place dangerous to the
health of the persons employed there, e.g. insanitary premises,
or premises in which dangerous infectious disease is present.
The following table indicates the number of outworkers in
employment in Camberwell at the end of the year classified by
trades: —
Outworkers 1950.
| Artificial flowers | 3 |
| Baby linen | 1 |
| Belts | 5 |
| Blouses | 7 |
| Brushes | 2 |
| Cardboard Boxes | 27 |
| Card lacing | 27 |
| Coathangers | 1 |
| Diaries | 1 |
| Embroidery | 5 |
| Hats | 2 |
| Hosiers | 3 |
| Lampshades | 8 |
| Linens | 5 |
| Needlework | 8 |
| Novelties | 14 |
| Overalls | 32 |
| Paper bags | 6 |
| Shoulder pads | 19 |
| Surgical shoes | 1 |
| Stationery | 9 |
| Tailoring | 18 |
| Ties | 7 |
| Uniform caps | 2 |
| Wearing apparel | 281 |
| Miscellaneous | 29 |
| 523 |