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Stoke Newington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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4—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bake houses, may be enumerated here | Miscellaneous | 188 |
| Bakehouses | 24 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 212 | |
5—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s 133) | 6 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Healths Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified to H.M. Inspector | - |
| Reports (ot action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Other | 2 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | Nil | |
| In use at the end of the year | 19 | |
Caramel Wrapping and Packing.—In the spring of last year I
received an anonymous complaint to the effect that caramel wrapping
was being carried on, for trade purposes, by certain outworkers dwelling
within the Borough, under conditions which were highly unsatisfactory
and possibly dangerous to health. In some cases quite young
children were employed amidst very insanitary surroundings. A
similar complaint reached Dr. Harris, the Medical Officer of Health
for the Borough of Islington. He also had the opportunity of investigating
the conditions in several dwellings within the neighbouring
Borough. He found little children of five years of age putting on
the wrappers; and in one family the children were put to work directly