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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
Kensington 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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21
Outworkers
The following table shows the nature of the work carried out by the 169 home workers on the register of outworkers during 1950:-
| Nature of work | Number |
|---|---|
| Wearing apparel - | |
| 126 | |
| (b) Cleaning and washing | 1 |
| Household linen | 1 |
| Lace, curtains, etc. | 1 |
| Paper bags, etc | 16 |
| Umbrellas | 1 |
| Feather sorting | 2 |
| Carding etc. of buttons, etc | 12 |
| Stuffed toys | 6 |
| Cosaques, crackers, stockings, etc. | 1 |
| Furniture and upholstery | 1 |
| Lampshades | 1 |
| 169 |
During the year, 277 inspections of outworkers'
premises were made, but in no case was action necessary to
prevent work being carried on in unwholesome premises.
No instance of infectious disease occurring in premises
where home work is carried on was reported during the year.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
General
There are no abattoirs or slaughter-houses in the
borough, and no killing of animals for human consumption is
carried out.
All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are frequently inspected and the following is a record of the inspections made by the food inspectors engaged on this work for 1950:-
| Food factories | 77 |
| Bakehouses - underground | 31 |
| others | 53 |
| Ice-cream premises | 256 |
| Preserved food premises | 41 |
| Butchers | 352 |
| Grocers | 391 |
| Dairies and milk shops | 617 |
| Public houses | 113 |
| Greengrocers | 110 |
| Fishmongers | 140 |
| Restaurants and cafes | 505 |
| Hotels | 127 |
| Sweetshops | 84 |
| General stores | 170 |
| Street traders' premises | 165 |
| Other inspections: stalls, etc | 744 |
| Re-inspections (all premises) | 1326 |