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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

Bethnal Green 1909

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: 3.—HOME WORK.

3.—HOME WORK.

NATURE OF WORKOUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Number of Inspections and Re-inspections of Outworkers' PremisesOUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES SECTION 108OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110
Lists received from EmployersNames and Addresses of Outworkers received from other CouncilsNames and Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other CouncilsProsecutionsInstancesNotices servedProsecutionsInstancesOrders made (s. 110)Prosecutions Sections 109, 110
Twice in the yearOnce in the yearFailing to keep or permit inspection of listsFailing to send lists
ListsOutworkersListsOutworkers
Wearing apparel—(1) making, &c., (2) cleaning and washing1381,6479582,398835......4,139..................
Lace, lace curtains and nets............159......6..................
Artificial flowers............36.........46..................
Furniture and upholstery61611120104......93..................
Carding, &c., of buttons, &c.216......414......10..................
Umbrellas, &c,............761......137..................
Paper bags and boxes2449826907105......8,355..................
Brush making10604294143395......565..................
Total1802,926141593,5991,463......13,351..................

Table: 4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number
Workshops, including Laundries1,993
Workplaces223
Bakehouses89
Total numbers of workshops on Register2,305

Table: 5.—OTHER MATTERS.

5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class.Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s 133)36
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act, (s. 5)Notified by H.M. Inspector60
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors60
Other (See 2)1
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)—
In use at the end of year27