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Report of Lady Sanitary Inspector.
Public Health Department,
31st December, 1916.
Sir,—
I beg to present my seventeenth Annual Report, which deals with
the work done in factories and workshops, among out-workers, and
other miscellaneous inspections during 1916.
Verminous Children, Scabies and Phthisis.
The homes of children reported as attending school in a verminous
condition have again received attention. A large number of children
have been excluded from school suffering from scabies, many of them
have been bathed and the clothing and bedding disinfected at the
cleansing station. I have also visited cases of phthisis attending
the Dispensary.
Workshops.
The number of workshops on the register again shows a decrease,
this is caused by some having become factories and also small employers
have given up their workshops and are now employed in large factories
where the work is more regular and more remunerative.
Inspection of Schools.
The sanitary accommodation in the 38 elementary schools in the
Borough has been inspected and various defects remedied.
Outworkers.
The outworkers' lists have been inspected at the premises from
which work was given out, and 120 lists have been received from employers
in the Borough; 271 lists have been forwarded from other
Boroughs containing the names of persons who live in Poplar. Two
hundred and fifty-five lists have been sent to other Councils containing
the names of persons who work for employers in Poplar.