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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
Bethnal Green 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Nature of Work | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 110 | * Outworkers in un-wholesome pre-mises, Section 111 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers | Addresses of Outworkers | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists | Prosecu-tions | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions | |||||||||
| Sending twice in the year | Sending once in the year | Failing to keep or per-mit inspection of lists | Failing to send lists | ||||||||||||
| Lists | Outworkers | Lists | Outworkers | Received from other Councils | Forwarded to other Councils | ||||||||||
| Con-tractors | Work-men | Con-tractors | Work-men | ||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||||||||||
| Making, ete. | 33 | 127 | 225 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 818 | 237 | 63 | ... | ... | 34 | 42 | ... | |
| Boots and Shoes | 9 | 22 | 87 | ... | ... | ... | 83 | 84 | 14 | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | ... | |
| Curtains, Furniture hang-ings and Trimmings | 4 | 43 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 33 | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | |
| Fur-pulling and feathers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 2 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | |
| Artificial Flowers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | |
| Paper, etc.,Boxes, Paper Bags | 10 | ... | 141 | 2 | ... | 6 | 82 | 53 | 20 | ... | ... | 27 | 44 | ... | |
| Brush-making | 3 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | |
| Draught Board Making | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | |
| Textile Weaving | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Toys | 1 | ... | 62 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 33 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | |
| Totals | 64 | 192 | 574 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1,091 | 450 | 119 | ... | ... | 88 | 125 | ... | |
| "The figures in these columns relate to outworkers' premises at which nuisances were found and dealt with under Public Health (London) Act. | |||||||||||||||