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Outworkers.—The total number of lists received during the year
amounted to 1,149.
Notices in respect of failure to send lists were sent to 102 firms. No
legal proceedings were necessary in respect of this offence.
The lists contained 11,077 names and addresses of which 6,359 were
in other districts, 5,547 being within the Metropolitan area and 622 in the
London Suburban Districts.
The number of individual outworkers in the City at the close of the
year was 1,698, of whom 1,415 were registered as occupying workshops.
The number of houses in which outwork was being carried on was 812.
Disinfection.
Compulsory Cleansing : The difficulties which have been experienced
from time to time in the past as regards the cleansing of verminous
persons who refused to be cleansed by the Sanitary Authority have
largely been removed by the compulsory powers conferred in Sec. 26
(f the London County Council (General Powers Act, 1928). There is
now authority to compel any such person to be cleansed and also his
clothing. Application must be made to a petty sessional court, and
the Court, if satisfied, will make an order for the person's removal to
a cleansing station for the cleansing of himself and his clothing, and for
detention therein for such period and subject to such conditions as may
be specified in the order.
No charge shall be made for the work carried out or for maintenance
in the cleansing station, and such cleansing, removal, and maintenance
shall not be considered to be parochial relief or charitable allowance to
the person involved or to the parent of such person, nor shall the person
or parent by reason thereof be deprived of any right or privilege or be
subject to any disqualification or disability.
Disinfection of rooms from which patients suffering from notifiable
infectious disease have been removed is carried out by means of the
formaldehyde spray. For other non-notifiable infectious conditions
disinfection is carried out on request, and a charge is made according to
the circumstances of the case.
Bedding and wearing apparel are removed to the Disinfecting
Station, and are there submitted to steam disinfection. Books are
treated with formalin.
The cleansing of persons and of premises in a verminous state has
been carried out by the Disinfecting Staff. Visits were paid to 88 houses,
and 5,957 articles of clothing, bedding, etc., were removed for disinfection.
Individuals, numbering 354 men and 16 women, and 1 child