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Wimbledon 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Home work,
Lists received : —
Twice in the year 6
Number of Out-workers 19
Once in the year 8
Number of Out-workers 12
Number of addresses received from other
Councils 40
Number of addresses forwarded to other
Councils 28
Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping
or sending lists 3
Inspections of Out-workers' premises 46
Registered "Workshops.
The following are the principal classes of workshops on
the register at the end of the year: —
Boot Repairers 48
Dressmaking 55
*Bakehouses 27
Laundries 26
Tailoring 24
Millinery 28
Dining Rooms 20
Other Trades 69
Total 297
OTHER MATTERS.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories: —
Failure to affix Abstract of Act 12
Action taken in matters
referred by H.M- Inspector
as remedial
under the Public
Health Act
Notified by H.M. Inspector 2
Reports of action taken
sent to H.M. Inspector 2
Other 4
Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year 3
*Including four Factory Bakehouses.
As a result of the inspection of the workrooms, workshops
and workplaces in the Borough, it was found that for the most
part they were in a satisfactory condition, and that the
requirements of the Act were duly observed by the occupiers.
Systematic examination has been made of the eatinghouses,
cook-shops, and other places where food is prepared
for sale, and the occupiers of these, speaking generally, have
kept their places in good and cleanly order.
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