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Wimbledon 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Home Work
Lists received : —
Twice in the year 10
Number of Outworkers 19
Once in the year 24
Number of Outworkers 32
Number of addresses received from other
Councils 22
Number of addresses forwarded to other
Councils 14
Inspections of Outworkers premises 38
Outwork in unwholesome premises:—
Instances 2
Notices served 2
Prosecutions
Outwork in infected premises:—
Instances 1
Orders made —
Prosecutions —
Registered Workshops.
The following are the principal classes of workshops on
the register at the end of the year:—
Boot Repairers 27
Dressmakers 35
Bakehouses 28
Laundries 24
Tailors 14
Milliners 16
Other Trades 54
Total 198
OTHER MATTERS.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of Act 1
Action taken in matters
referred by H. M
Inspector as remedial
under the Public
Health Act
"Notified by H.M. Inspector 3 Reports of action I taken sent to H.M. Inspector 3
Other 1
Underground bakehouses in use at the end of
the year 3
Particular attention has been paid to cookshops, eating
houses, and premises in which food is prepared for sale,
and at the close of the year these premises were beiny
systematically examined. With few exceptions they were
found to be clean and well kept.
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