Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1902
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Lists received in 1902.
Number
of Lists.
Number
of
Outworkers
Lists received from Finsbury Employers,
Jan. Ist to Feb. Ist
5 97
Do. do. Feb. Ist to June 30th 31 1056
Do, do. July Ist to Aug. Ist 6 118
Do. do. Aug. Ist to Dec. 31st 11 264
Total 53 1535
Lists received from 16 Local Authorities in 1902 84 218
Lists dispatched to 27 Local Authorities in 1902 121 941
V. Inspection, Registration, &c.—A Register of
Workshops is kept in the department which contains the names and
addresses of the occupier, the trade or manufacture, the position and
cubic capacity of the workrooms, the number of gas burners, the
number of occupants permissible, the means of ventilation, and
details respecting the sanitary arrangements. The old register
books of Clerkenwell and St. Luke have been carefully examined
and revised, with the result that considerable duplication was
detected and has been eliminated. At the end of 1901, there were
on the register 987 and during 1902 the new workshops placed on
the register numbered 378 making the total number now on the
register 1365. The following table sets out in brief the work
done :—