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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
Camberwell 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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There were no instances where it was necessary to take any
steps in outwork being carried on in places where infectious disease
had occurred.
The lists of outworkers are now sent in with greater regularity,
and in cases of default an intimation to that effect usually brings
the information by return of post.
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops and Workplaces on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Laundries | 80 |
| Clothing (wholesale and private) | 388 | |
| Preparation of food | 198 | |
| Building trades | 54 | |
| Bakehouses | 174 | |
| Miscellaneous | 461 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,355 | |
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 17 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s.5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 4 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 1 | |
| Other | – | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | – | |
| In use at the end of the year | 66 | |
The tables set forth the details of the work which has been
carried out under the supervision of your Inspectors. The item of
New Buildings shows a decrease on the previous year, and, as might
be expected, the figures are the highest in the Dulwich and Herne
Hill districts.
They also show the character and number of the inspections
carried out by your Inspectors, but beyond testifying to the energy
and zeal of your Officers they call for no special remark.
Those which were made as the result of complaints were 1,326,
compared with 1,827 in 1907, while those which were systematic or
house-to-house in character numbered 5,238. The latter were
chiefly those in the poorer neighbourhoods, and in many instances