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Report of Lady Sanitary Inspector.
Public Health Department,
31st December, 1914.
Sir,—
I beg to present my fifteenth Annual Report which deals with
the work done in factories and workshops, among outworkers, and other
miscellaneous inspections during 1914.
Verminous Children, Scabies and Phthisis.
There has been a diminution in the number of children reported
as attending school in a verminous condition and it is encouraging to
find that the large amount of effort devoted to this work during the last
few years is showing a result.
Many of the cases, even those where the parents have been prosecuted
, return periodically and will probably continue to do so. It is difficult
to make dirty and careless mothers clean.
The cases of scabies (itch) have also decreased, and this being
essentially a filth disease will possibly do so as the home conditions of
the children improve.
I have made enquiries in cases of Phthisis especially where the dispensary
Committee have supplied nourishment or sent children to the
country or seaside.
Inspection of Schools.
The sanitary accommodation for the girls and infants in the 36
elementary schools in the Borough have been inspected and various
defects remedied or reported to the London County Council (Education
Department).
Outworkers.
The outworkers' lists have been inspected at the premises from which
work was given out, and 126 lists have been received from employers in
the Borough; 307 lists have been forwarded from other Boroughs
containing the names of persons who live in Poplar; 198 lists have been
sent to other Councils containing the names of persons who work for
employers in Poplar.