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Outworkers.
During 1934, 785 names and addresses of outworkers residing in
Camberwell were reported by employers and the Medical Officers of
Health of other districts.
There are 545 premises in this Borough where outwork is being
conducted. The number of inspections of these premises was 757,
and 23 notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were
served to remedy sanitary defects existing at these premises.
Six cases of infectious disease were reported during the year
from premises where home work was carried on, and the necessary
precautionary measures were taken to prevent the spread of infection.
In no instance during the year was it necessary to send a
cautionary letter to employers for neglecting to comply with the
provisions of Section 107 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
which requires all contractors employing outworkers to send on
February Ist, and August Ist, in each year a list of the names and
addresses of such outworkers to the Medical Officer of Health of
the district.