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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
Bermondsey 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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to be suffering from tuberculosis in some form. The number of
visits paid by patients to the dispensary was 11,237, and the number
of visits paid to the homes of patients was 1,307 by the Medical
Officer and 2,519 by the nurses.
Hairdressers and Barbers.
At the end of 1914 eleven barbers were in possession of certificates.
IV.— FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In Table X. of the Appendix will be found particulars of the
inspections of factories and workshops, and in the following table
particulars regarding the trades and persons employed in connection
with workshops. There were workshops on the Register
in 1914. Including bakehouses, of which there were 74 in use, the
total is 402.
OUTWORKERS.
There were 454 outworkers on the Register at the end of 1914.
46 lists were sent in by firms in this Borough employing outworkers.
Table X. of the Appendix shows the various trades followed by
outworkers in this district.
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