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 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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large amount of labour, the number of names received and lists
sent out being the second largest in London. For the numbers, see
under " Out-workers' Lists."
In addition to the clerical work, the sanitary supervision of the
home-workers' premises is imposed upon the Council, who are given
also certain duties in connection with infectious diseases in these
places. The bulk of this work is attended to by the women inspectors,
and is summarized in the accompanying table :—
OUT-WORKERS.
| Number of out-workers' premises- visited | — | 297 |
| re-visited | 32 | |
| „ „ out-workers' workshops inspected (For particulars see Table 3). | 48 | |
| „ „ home-workers premises inspected | 104 | |
| „ ,, houses visited where homeworker had removed, wrong address given or work given up | 145 | 297 |
| HOME-WORKERS. | ||
| Particulars relating to work in 104 homes. | ||
| Work carried on in work-room | 5 | |
| ,, ,, living-room | 44 | |
| ,, „ bed-room | 4 | |
| ,, „ room used for both living and sleeping | 51 | 104 |
| Rooms found to be clean | 64 | |
| ,, „ „ in fair order | 35 | |
| „ „ it dirty | 5 | |
| One room tenements | 18 | 104 |
| Two „ „ | 46 | |
| Three „ „ | 27 | |
| Four „ „ | 13 | |
| Number of persons engaged in home-work :— | 104 | |
| Men | 11 | |
| Widows or Spinsters | 46 | |
| Married Women | 56 | 113 |
| Nuisances abated : | ||
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | 1 | |
| Floors and Furniture cleansed | 3 | |
| Absence of dustbin | 2 | |
| Defect to sanitary convenience | 1 | |
| 7 |
Only one case of infectious disease, viz., Scarlet Fever, occurred
during the year in the homes of out-workers. The patient was