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MISS BAKER'S REPORT.
The Medical Officer of Health. January, 1907.
Sir,
I beg to present the following report of work for the year
1906:—
Factory and Workshop Act.
The workrooms of the district have been found to be
generally in a very satisfactory condition; where necessary,
cleansing has been done, and the ventilation and the means of
heating the rooms improved.
Number of workrooms on register at end of year 1905 2,404
„ „ „ „ „ „ 1906 2,521
„ businesses represented 2,144
Additional workrooms of the year 1906 332
Removals during the yeay 115
Number of re-inspections 296
The conditions under which outworkers follow their occupations
are, as a rule, good; there appears always to be a certain
class satisfied with questionable cleanliness amongst outworkers,
these persons are generally of foreign extraction.
Number of outworkers on register at end of year 1905 804
,, removals during the year 31
„ added to register 218
Making a total at the end of the year 1906 991
Owing to the increased amount of personal supervision
given by the Nurse appointed by the London County Council
for the inspection of school children, no returns have been
received under the Cleansing of Persons Act.
Up to July, 1906,357 cases of births, attended by registered
Midwives in connection with Queen Charlotte's and Middlesex
Hospitals, were personally visited. With comparatively few
exceptions these infants have been breast-fed, and on second
visit were generally found to be healthy children. Out of this
number 12 deaths have been traced, 5 of them being from
premature birth, 3 from debility at birth, 3 from bronchitis, and
1 from summer diarrhcea. This scarcely gives a correct return
of infant life in the district, as the cases visited do not include
all of the poorest class where the mother has a neighbour
without a qualified nurse, and where the need for advice may be
greater.
The Underground Conveniences.
The Women's Conveniences have been inspected at all
times; the Attendants' duties have been well performed. Any
needed repairs and alterations have been done.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Frances A. Baker,
Inspector.