London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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cases also, it should be recorded, there was the occurrence of infectious
disease in the homes of out-workers' obtaining work from
Finsbury firms, but residing in other boroughs.
The following summary of results of inspection of out-workers' homes speaks for itself:—
| No. of out-workers visited | 259 |
| Total visits made | 302 |
| No. in which wrong address was given or out-workers had removed | 83 |
| No. who had given up home work | 37 |
| No. in which work was done in factories | 2 |
| „ „ „ „ workshops | 30 |
| „ „ „ „ workrooms only | 35 |
| „ „ „ „ living rooms | 58 |
| „ „ „ „ bedrooms | 19 |
| „ „ „ „ bed and living rooms | 27 |
| No of cases in which rooms were clean | 132 |
| „ „ „ „dirty | 7 |
| „ „ „ „ overcrowded | 4 |
| Workshops in which no Abstract of Act was affixed | 6 |
| Sanitary defects on premises | 8 |
| Notices served | 13 |
| Total No. of persons employed at 139 out-workers:— | |
| Men 81 | 401 |
| Women 317 | |
| Young Girls 3 |