View report page

79
to intending hop-pickers again last year. In addition posters
were displayed throughout the Borough. The following leaflet
was used last year.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.
Public Health Department.
HOP PICKING.
Help is asked of all those who will go hopping this year to
lessen the risks of spreading infectious disease among London
hop pickers.
1. You can help by preventing actual cases of infectious
disease, or contacts of cases of infectious disease,
from entering the hop fields.
It is unlawful for any one suffering from a notifiable infectious
disease to travel in a public conveyance, the penalty being a
fine not exceeding £10. Apart from this there is great danger
of spreading disease to other families in the hop fields.
Anyone who has been in contact with infectious disease is
strongly urged not to go hopping during the three weeks following
contact. People who have been in contact with infectious
disease and who go to the hop fields against advice are sent back
by the farmers.
2. You can help by preventing cases of tuberculosis from
entering the hop fields.
No one suffering from consumption or tuberculosis should
go hopping, as there is a grave risk to other people sleeping in the
huts which are invariably overcrowded at week-ends.
3. You can help by making sure that only pickers booked
by the growers go to the farms.
No one should go hopping who has not actually been engaged
by the farmers to pick, as the accommodation is limited.
Unauthorised visitors may be turned off the farms.
Overcrowding will cause great discomfort in the huts, the
sanitary provision will not be adequate, and the risk of an
outbreak of infectious disease will be increased.
4. Parents are strongly advised not to take infants in
arms down to the hop fields.
NICHOLAS D. DUNSCOMBE,
M.A., M.B., B.chir., D.P.H.
Medical Officer of Health.