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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Outworkers—Continned.
other Boroughs from persons in business therein. 2,662 visits were made by the
Women Sanitary Inspectors to the homes of outworkers.
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces on the Register at the end of 1923.
Wearing apparel
218
Engineering and allied trades
175
Eating-houses
147
Bakehouses
137
Building trades
97
Preparation of foodstuffs
87
Sawmills, joinery works, etc.
63
Printing and lithography
41
Laundries
39
Farriers and smiths
23
Chemical works, manufacturing chemists
11
Brush trades
10
Toy makers
8
Varnish and colour works
6
Offensive trades
5
Glass blowing
3
Celluloid works
1
Gas works
1
Miscellaneous
482
1,553
Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories —
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act 7
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under
the Public Health Act, but not under the Factory and Workshop
Act—
Notified by H.M. Inspector 17
Reports of action taken sent to H.M. Inspector 9
Other matters reported to H.M. Inspector 2
Underground Bakehouses:—
Certificates granted during the year Nil
In use at the end of the year 50
Outworkers—Continued. other Boroughs from persons in business therein. 2,662 visits were made by the Women Sanitary Inspectors to the homes of outworkers. Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces on the Register at the end of 1923.
| Wearing apparel | 218 |
| Engineering and allied trades | 175 |
| Eating-houses | 147 |
| Bakehouses | 137 |
| Building trades | 97 |
| Preparation of foodstuffs | 87 |
| Sawmills, joinery works, etc. | 63 |
| Printing and lithography | 41 |
| Laundries | 39 |
| Farriers and smiths | 23 |
| Chemical works, manufacturing chemists | 11 |
| Brush trades | 10 |
| Toy makers | 8 |
| Varnish and colour works | 6 |
| Offensive trades | 5 |
| Glass blowing | 3 |
| Celluloid works | 1 |
| Gas works | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 482 |
| 1,553 |