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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 1930
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1930
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. HOMEWORK.
| NATURE OF WORK (I) | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107 | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises Section, 108 | Outwork in Infected Premises (Sections 109, 110) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers | Outworkers rosident in Bermondsey received from other Districts | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists (8) | Prosecutions | Instances (11) | Notices served (12) | Prosecutions (13) | Instances (14) | Notices served (15) | Prosecutions (16) | ||||||
| Lists | Outworkers | Failing to keep lists (9) | Failing to send lists (10) | ||||||||||||
| Resicknt in Bermondsey | Resident in other— Districts (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Contractors (3) | Workmen (4) | Contractors (6) | Workmen (7) | ||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel:— | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, etc. | 22 | — | 29 | 79 | 4 | 74 | 4 | — | — | 15 | 15 | — | 1 | — | — |
| (2) Cleansing and washing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — |
| Curtains and furniture hangings fur pulling | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fur pulling | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Umbrellas, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sacks | — | 5 | 17 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Paper, etc., Boxes, Paper Bags | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Brush making | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chocolates and Sweetmeats | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Leather Goods | 4 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Surgical Instruments | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Total | — | 88 | 5 | 93 | 53 | — | 22 | 22 | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | — |