London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Deptford 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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The number of inspections made to home workers premises was 155.
The types of works carried on by the 141 outworkers in this Borough
were as follows:—
Wearing apparel (99), paper bags (1), boxes (5), button cards (6),
shuttlecocks (1), paper hats (2), electrical components (1), druggists'
sundries (1), cardboard tubes (6), lampshades (9), leather
goods (2), jewellery (4), wire embroidery (1), umbrellas (1), uniform
caps (1), belts (1), and firework cases (1).