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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 1918
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918
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Tuberculosis Dispensary.
From the Annual Report of the Dispensary there were 597
new patients examined; of these 406 were definitely suffering
from or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis in some form.
The number of visits paid by patients to the dispensary was
6,345, and the number of visits paid to the homes of patients was
1,447 by the Medical Officer, and the Nurse.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In Table XI. 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 328 workshops on the Register
in 1918, including bakehouses, of which there were 10 in use
the total is 338.
OUTWORKERS.
There were 373 outworkers on the Register at the end of
1918. 68 lists were sent in by firms in this Borough employing
outworkers. Table VI. of the Appendix shows the various trades
followed by outworkers in this district.