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148 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In all, 110 lists were received twice in the year, containing
the names and addresses of 135 contractors and 528 workmen and
10 lists once in the year, containing the names and addresses of
one contractor and 37 workmen. There has been an increase in
the number of outworkers employed by employers in the Borough
during the year owing to the making of textile goods for the War
Department.
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 509, compared with 507 in 1914, 521 in 1913, and 511 in 1912,
and 339 addresses were forwarded to other Councils, compared with
290 in 1914, 276 in 1913, and 285 in 1912. The number of addresses
received has increased by two and the number sent by 49.
40 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
15, compared with 61 in 1914, and these had a most satisfactory
result.
At the end of 1914 there were 351 outworkers' premises on
the Register, 270 were added and 110 removed during the year,
leaving 511 on the Register at the end of 1915.
693 inspections were made of these premises during the year,
and 23 notices, all for cleansing, were served and complied with.
During the year 14 cases of infective diseases, seven of Scarlet
Fever, four of Diphtheria, one of Erysipelas, one of Cerebral Spinal
Meningitis, and one of Chicken-pox, were notified as having occurred
in the homes of outworkers, compared with 15 in 1914, and 20 in
1913.
In none of these cases was it necessary to make any order under
Section 110 of the Factory and ,Workshop Act.