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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
With regard to the foregoing Table which differs somewhat
from that which appeared in previous Reports, it will be seen by
comparison that the number of outworkers shows a large reduction.
There was, however, a slight increase in the addresses of outworkers
received from other Boroughs, the numbers being in
1906, 173; and in 1905, 146.
The total number of lists received twice a year was 12, containing
the names of 113 outworkers, while 21 lists were received
once in the year containing the names of 89 outworkers.
243 inspections were made of these premises and 22 defects
were found necessitating the service of 14 notices, all of which
were complied with. These notices were all for cleansing.
The works carried on by these home workers are in this
Borough almost wholly tailoring, dressmaking, hosiery making,
and bootmaking and repairing.
During the year six cases of infectious disease were notified'
from the homes of outworkers, five of Scarlet Fever and one of
Diphtheria, compared with five in 1905, and 12 in 1904.
The following are the districts to which lists of outworkers
were forwarded, and also the number of outworkers:—Battersea
27, Lambeth 19, Croydon Rural 16, Camberwell 14, Stepney 13,
Fulham seven, East Ham five, Southwark three, Bermondsey,
Ilford, Stoke Newington, Wimbledon, St. Pancras, and Chelsea
two each, Islington, Poplar, Wetminster, Bethnal Green, Hampstead,
and Ealing one each, a total of 122, compared with 231 in
1905, and 246 in 1904.
31 of the outworkers are on the workshop register and the
premises were inspected as workshops.
100 of the outworkers were either unknown, removed, had.
discontinued work, or had had none for many months.