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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
Islington 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1906]
214
Certified Underground Bakehouses.
221 24, Alfred Street
222 14, Charlton Crescent
223 398, Essex Road
224 68, Essex Road
225 6, High Street
226 126, Liverpool Road
227 33, Park Street
228 32, Shepperton Road
229 51, Southgate Road
230 1, Theberton Street West
231 55, Clephane Road
232 121, Packington Street
233 192, New North Road
234 1, Cross Street
235 257, Balls Pond Road
236 350, Essex Road
237 114, Essex Road
238 102, Essex Road
239 262, Liverpool Road
240 263, Liverpool Road
241 16, Rheidol Terrace
242 I, Shepperton Road
243 Oxford House, Sherborne Street
244 102, Upper Street
245 57, Essex Road
246 50, Arlington Street
247 14, Upper Street
Underground Bakehouses not used.
248 28, Baxter Road
249 30, Canonbury Street
250 202, Essex Road
251 32, Parkfield Street
252 38, High Street
253 44. High Street
254 3, St. Paul's Street
255 76, St. Paul's Street
256 24, Church Street
257 289, City Road
258 2, High Street
259 29, Camden Street
260 67, Essex Road
Outworkers—At the end of the year there were 1,357 outworkers
residing and working in the Borough, although the total number on the lists
received during the year were 1,940, of which 1,102 were notified by local
tradesmen and 838 were received from the Medical Officers of Health of other
authorities. The names of 583 outworkers, together with their addresses, were
forwarded to the other Boroughs in conformity with the Factory and Workshops
Act. Altogether 1,435 inspections of outworkers' premises were made.
The importance of this work is considerable, for, as Mrs. Young points out, a
large number of the workers are engaged in making wearing apparel which is
generally worn in the condition in which it leaves their homes. Cleanliness
and thorough good sanitary conditions are therefore essential, and it is not too
much to say that unless these homes were carefully and systematically
inspected, most unsatisfactory conditions would prevail.
It may be pointed out that in 9 instances an infectious disease was discovered
in their homes, and of course in every case where the clothing