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Wimbledon 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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30
Prosecutions
Failing to keep lists —
Failing to send lists 1
Number of inspections of outworkers premises 33
Outwork in unwholesome premises :—
Instances 2
Notices served 2
Prosecutions —
Outwork in infected premises:—
Instances 1
Orders made 1
Prosecutions —
Registered Workshops.
The following are the principal classes of workshops on the
register at the end of the year:—
Boot repairers 29
Dressmakers 38
Bakehouses 27
Laundries 22
Tailors 14
Milliners 17
Other Trades 54
Total 201
OTHER MATTERS.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of Act 1
Action taken in matters ( Notified by H. M.
referred by H.M. Inspector 3
Inspector as remedial -
under the Public Reports of action taken
Health Act sent to H.M.Inspector 3
Other —
Underground Bakehouses:—
Certificates granted during the year —
In use at the end of the year 3
During the investigation of a case of Scarlet Fever, removed to
hospital, it was discovered that the occupier of the house was
employed as an outworker for a local tailor and had also other
persons working on the premises for him. No list of outworkers had
been received from the employer as is required to be furnished twice