Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Medical Officer's report for the year ended 30th December, 1893
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The houses let in lodgings have been inspected, and the
regulations as to cleansing, &c, enforced in each case; 73
additional houses have been registered.
The total number of applications for dust removal were:
in the In-Wards 4,547, and in the Out-Wards 2,014.
The Home Secretary having issued an order under
Section 65 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, and
Section 27 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891,
requiring the occupiers of certain Factories and Workshops,*
and the Contractors employed by them, to keep lists of
out-workers, and having prescribed forms for the purpose,
such forms have been printed and distributed in the parish,
and an additional Inspector (Mr. F. H. Aris) has been
appointed, one of whose duties is to inspect the lists of
such out-workers and to ascertain the condition of their
dwellings, and especially the presence of cases of infectious
disease therein.
A register of workshops and work-places in the parish has been prepared to facilitate the work of the Inspectors It contains the following:—
Tailors | 182 |
Dressmakers and Milliners | 226 |
Corset Makers | 18 |
Bedding makers | 1 |
Boot makers | 19 |
Cabinet makers | 6 |
Woodturners | 3 |
Total | 455 |
* For the manufacture of—
1. Articles of Wearing Apparel.
2. Electro-Plate.
3. Cabinet, Furniture and Upholstery Work, and
4. Files.