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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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In all, 124 lists were received twice in the year, containing
the names and addresses of 52 contractors and 390 workmen and
six lists once in the year, containing the names and addresses of
10 workmen. There has been a slight increase in the nnmber of
outworkers employed by employers in the Borough during the
year.
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 408, compared with 422 in 1910, 370 in 1909, 352 in 1908,
322 in 1907, and 173 in 1906, and 251 addresses were forwarded to
pother Councils, compared with 253 in 1910, 334 in 1909, 301 in 1908,
325 in 1907, and 122 in 1906'. The number of addresses received
has decreased by 14, and the number sent by two.
The following are the districts to which lists of outworkers
were forwarded, and also the number of outworkers :—Lambeth
64, Stepney 34, Battersea 41, Southwark 14, City of London 23,
Fill ham 16, Croydon 15, Chelsea six, Bermondsey five, St. Pancras,
Camberwell, Hammersmith and Hanwell three each, Stratford,
Westminster and East Ham two each, West Ham, Richmond,
Wimbledon, Willesden, Holborn, Worthing, Bromley, Eastleigh,
Leyton, Islington and Stoke Newington, one each.
77 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
76, compared with 100 in 1910, and these had a most satisfactory
result.
At the end of 1910 there were 314 outworkers' premises on
the Register, 32 were added and 34 removed during the year,
leaving 312 on the Register.
404 inspections were made of these premises during the year,
and 29 notices, all for cleansing, were served and complied with.
During the year 15 cases of infective diseases, seven of Scarlet
Fever, one of Diphtheria, one of Erysipelas, and six of Chickenpox,
were notified as having occurred in the homes of outworkers,
compared with 14 in 1910, six in 1909, 22 in 1908, six in 1907, and
rf.ix in 1906.