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
Finsbury 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Number of notifications received of:—
| 1. Finsbury outworkers employed by Finsbury Firms | 342 |
| 2. Outworkers in other districts employed by Finsbury Firms | 4,091 |
| 3. Finsbury outworkers employed by Firms in other districts | 122 |
| Total number of notifications received in respect of:— | |
| 1. Finsbury outworkers employed by : | |
| (a) Finsbury Firms | 552 |
| 216 | |
| - 768 | |
| 2. Outworkers employed by Finsbury Firms | 4,643 |
| Outworkers who are sub-contractors are normally occupiers of Premises registered as Factories and inspected as such. Domestic outworkers are visited in their homes to ensure that work is not carried out in unsuitable surroundings. | |
| Number of visits to domestic outworkers | 279 |
| Number of notices served in respect of unsatisfactory conditions | Nil |
Smoke Abatement.
Much attention was directed to this subject during the year and
a comprehensive report was made to the Health Committee on many
aspects. Plans were made for lectures to be given to stokers and
boiler men in the Northampton Polytechnic in 1954, and tentative
arrangements for research into certain problems were made.
The Council is represented on both the National Smoke
Abatement Society and the London and Home Counties Smoke
Abatement Advisory Council. On the latter body I have the honour
to serve as a member of the executive committee.
In July a station was erected on the roof of the Health Centre
to measure monthly deposits and sulphur dioxide pollution. It will
be some considerable time before such recordings can yield significant
information owing to the wide variations which occur in meteorological
conditions.
Twenty-four complaints were received and 145 observations
made during the year in regard to smoke emission.