Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 47
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 577, and 221 addresses were forwarded to other Councils.
The number of addresses received has increased by 36, and the
number sent increased by 22. 38 names and addresses were
forwarded to this Borough in error, and are not included in the
above Table.
The number of notices sent to employers during the year was
23, and these had a most satisfactory result.
D,uring the year 19 cases of infective diseases, three of Scarlet
Fever, three of Diphtheria, 11 of Measles, one of Chicken-pox, one
of Whooping-cough and one of Erysipelas, were notified as having
occurred in the homes of outworkers. In none of these cases was
it necessary to make any order under Section no of the Factory
and Workshop Act.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number | |
---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | |
Important classes ol workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses | 82 |
„ Laundries... | 87 | |
Dressmakers' and Milliners'Workshops | 196 | |
Bootmakers | 105 | |
Smiths | 30 | |
Builders | 52 | |
Tailors | 6l | |
Motor Engineers | 26 | |
Other | 759 | |
Total number of workshops on Register | 1,398 |