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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In all, 148 lists were received twice in the year, containing
the names and addresses of 38 contractors and 476 workers, and
15 lists once in the year, containing the names and addresses of
seven contractors and 17 workers.
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 352, compared with 322 in 1907, and 173 in 1906, and 301
addresses were forwarded to other Councils,, compared with 325
in 1907, and 122 in 1906.
The following are the districts to which lists of outworkers
were forwarded, and also the number of outworkers:—Battersea
66, Lambeth 59, Stepney 58, Camberwell 17, Merton 14, Fulham
11, Southwark 10, Chelsea seven, Hammersmith six, Bethnal
Green and Croydon five each, East Ham, Stratford, Bermondsey,
Ilford and City of London four each, Hampstead and Hackney
three each, Poplar, Islington, St. Pancras, Westminster, Wimbledon,
and Chiswick two each, Willesden, Holborn, Finsbury, Stoke
Newington, and Penge one each.
63 names and addresses were forwarded to this Borough in
error and are not included in the above Table.
The number of notices sent to employers during the year was
140, and these had a most satisfactory result, although in some
cases it was also necessary for the Inspector to call and warn
them that if such lists were not sent proceedings would be taken.
At the end of 1907 there were 290 outworkers' premises on
the Register, 102 were added and 61 removed during the year,
leaving 331 on the Register.
381 inspections were made of these premises during the year,
and 30 notices, all for cleansing, were served and complied with.
During the year 22 cases of infectious disease were notified
as having occurred in the homes of outworkers, compared with
six in 1907, six in 1906, and five in 1905.