London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
This page requires JavaScript
87
Seventeen new male out-workers (out-workers not previously
registered) were registered during the year.
There were 128 inspections made of male out-workers' premises
during 1924, and it was found necessary to serve notices
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in 3 cases to remedy
sanitary defects found on inspection, as follows:—
Defective w.c., want of proper hood and shaft to gas fire,
want of separate sanitary accommodation for male and
female workers.
No case of infectious disease was notified during 1924 from
premises occupied by male outworkers.
| Trade. | Number on Register. | Persons Employed. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Workrooms | ||
| Blousemaking | 8 | 9 | 15 |
| Boxmaking | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Dressmaking | 35 | 37 | 59 |
| Embroidery | 39 | 39 | 40 |
| Fancy goods | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Fine needlework | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Glovemaking | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Knitting and crochet | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Tailoring | 37 | 37 | 51 |
| Underclothing | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Other trades | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Total | 199 | 202 | 252 |
Sixty-one new female out-workers (out-workers not previously
registered) were registered during the year.
382 inspections of female out-workers' premises were made
by the woman workshops' inspector (Miss Round). It was not
found necessary to serve any notices under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, to remedy defects. Two cases of infectious
diseases, viz.: diphtheria 1, and erysipelas 1, were notified from
female out-workers' premises. In both cases such precautionary
measures as were required were taken to prevent spread of
infection.