Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Outworkers
Outworkers are visited periodically by the woman sanitary inspector.
The following is a list of the trades concerned, extracted from the
autumn lists received:—
Trade
No. of
outworkers
visited
Making of wearing apparel
141
Household linen
5
Umbrellas
1
Sacks
9
Paper bags
2
Making of boxes or other receptacles from
paper
5
Brush making.
1
Carding, etc., of buttons
1
Christmas crackers
1
Lampshades
1
Leather goods
3
Surgical instruments
2
SECTION "D"—HOUSING
Building
The following new houses and flats were completed by the Council
during the year:—
Dowson Court 21 flats
Whitefoot Lane 52 houses
Adamsrill Road 2 houses
Hether Grove 16 flats
Sunderland Mount 28 flats
Total 119 dwellings
Families rehoused
During the year the following families were rehoused:—
I. By the Lewisham Borough Council
(a) In dwellings erected by the council:—
(i) Emergency hutments 27
(ii) Temporary bungalows 16
(iii) L.B.C. properties 72
115
(b) In requisitioned properties 382
Total 497
II. By the London County Council 659
Grand Total 1,156