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Public Health Department,
31st December, 1905.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to present to you my sixth Annual Report, which
deals with the work done in factories, workshops, and among outworkers
during 1905.
Five workshops in Bromley have been overcrowded; in each
case the nuisance was abated on serving an intimation.
During the year 9 intimations have been served where the
sanitary accommodation was insufficient, unsuitable, or not separate
for the sexes. In one case separate accommodation was erected
for the males, one employer reduced the number of employees,
and in 7 cases alterations or re-arrangements were made.
I have visited several dirty children who had been excluded
from school owing to their verminous condition, and in some cases
cleansing of the houses was carried out.
I have inspected a number of schools in the Borough in regard
to the sanitary accommodation for girls and infants, and found
generally that owing to the new Education Act alterations were
pending.
The outworkers' lists have been inspected at the premises from
which work was given out, and 79 lists have been received from
employers in the Borough; 270 lists have been forwarded from
other Boroughs containing the names of persons who live in Poplar;
105 lists have been sent to other Councils containing the names
of persons who work for employers in Poplar.