London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Deptford 1927

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES,
OUTWORKERS, etc.
These premises were periodically inspected during the year, special
attention being paid to the sanitary accommodation provided for the
use of persons employed, Sec. 38 P.H. (L.) Act, 1891, etc., also to
cleansing, the reception, checking and issuing of outworkers' lists and
the keeping of the necessary registers.
The outworkers' register entails much work, owing to the constant
change of address and to removals.
Fried fish shops and fish-curing premises.—The general
condition of these premises is fairly satisfactory. The placing of the
offal immediately in the tins supplied by the contractors and keeping it
covered is important; also the condition of the tins requires frequent
examination. This is particularly important during the summer
months.