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
Islington 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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The types of outwork and number of workers were as follows:-
| Making cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting, finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel | 1015 |
| Making up, ornamenting, finishing and repairing of table linen, bed linen or other household linen (including in the term linen, articles of cotton, or cotton and linen mixtures) | 52 |
| Making, ornamenting, mending and finishing of lace and of lace curtains and nets | 1 |
| Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work | 2 |
| Making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, parasols, or parts thereof | 13 |
| Making of artifical flowers | 8 |
| Making of tents | 2 |
| Making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper, cardboard, chip or similar material | 95 |
| Making of brushes | 7 |
| Carding, boxing or packeting of buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and hair pins | 16 |
| Making of stuffed toys | 1 |
| Christmas stockings, or similar articles or parts of articles | 20 |
| Unspecified TOTAL | 12 1244 |
Offensive Trades
There are four offensive trades operating in the Borough as follows:Tripe
Boiler J.L. Henson Ltd. 26/40 Vale Royal, N.7.
Fat Melter -do-
Fur Skin Dresser J.A. Fischer Limited, 440A, Hornsey Road, N.19.
Gut Scraper Tracey and Company Limited, 5 Tileyard Road, N.7.
Routine inspections were carried out during the year and the premises were found to be free from
nuisance.
FOOD AND DISEASES OF ANIMALS
FOOD AND DRUGS PREMISES
The scope of the Special Services Section was extended during the year as a result of additional
responsibility following a decision that Council establishments involved in food handling should be inspected
by Public Health Inspectors; this included not only the major canteens but also the various childrens' and
welfare homes, day nurseries and day centres. In addition, the annual sanitary inspection of school premises
on behalf of the Inner London Education Authority was transferred from the Council's Medical Staff to the
Public Health Inspectorate.
Several premises closed during the year particularly in areas pending demolition but with other areas
being redeveloped the total remained fairly static. The up-to-date list of all known food premises is as follows:-
Bakehouses 34
Bakers 36
Butchers 134
Confectioners 224
Fried Fish Shops 55
Fish Curers 11
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