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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
Camberwell 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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2.—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1951.
| Particulars. | No. of cases in which defects were | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 9 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | – | – |
| Inadequate ventilation | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sanitary conveniences— | ! . | ||||
| (a) insufficient | 2 | 6 | – | – | – |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 15 | 6 | – | – | – |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 3 | – | – | 2 | – |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 5 | 6 | – | 1 | – |
| Total | 35 | 20 | – | 3 | – |
Outworkers.
Employers of home workers are required to forward to the
local authority in February and August of each year a list
showing the names and addresses of all such workers employed
by them during the preceding six months. The homes of these
persons are visited periodically by the district sanitary inspectors
to ensure that the premises in which outwork is carried on are
not insanitary or unhealthy.
The numbers of outworkers employed in various trades in Camberwell at the end of the year are shown in the following table:—
| Artificial flowers | 4 |
| Baby linen | 1 |
| Belts | 3 |
| Blouses | 8 |
| Boots and shoes | 5 |
| Brushes | 4 |
| Cardboard boxes | 36 |
| Card lacing | 26 |
| Coathangers | 2 |
| Diaries | 1 |
| Embroidery | 7 |
| Feather sorting | 2 |
| Handbags | 2 |
| Hats | 4 |
| Hosiery | 3 |
| Lampshades | 10 |
| Linens | 8 |
| Needlework | 8 |
| Novelties | 21 |
| Overalls | 37 |
| Paper bags | 16 |
| Shoulder pads | 36 |
| Stationery | 9 |
| Tailoring | 18 |
| Ties | 8 |
| Toys | 5 |
| Umbrellas | 4 |
| Uniform caps | 5 |
| Wearing apparel | 383 |
| Miscellaneous | 28 |
| Total | 704 |