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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
Wandsworth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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72 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXXVI. HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers’ Lists. | Outwork in unwholesome premises | Outwork in infected premises. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Instances. | Notices served. | Instances. | |||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||
| Wearing Apparel:— (1.) Making, etc. | 60 | 96 | 183 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 21 |
| (2.) Cleaning and washing | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Paper bags and boxes | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc. | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 66 | 100 | 190 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 21 |
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 552 and 117 addresses were forwarded to other Councils.
The number of addresses received has decreased by 27, and the
number sent by 63. 25 names and addresses were forwarded to
this Borough in error, and are not included in the above Table.
The number of notices sent to employers during the year was
39, and these had a most satisfactory result.
During the year 21 cases of infective diseases—4 of Scarlet
Fever, 6 of Diphtheria, 6 of Measles, one of German Measles, and
4 of Whooping-cough—were notified as having occurred in the
homes of outworkers. In none of these cases was it necessary
to make any order under Section 110 of the Factory and Workshop
Act.