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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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are no outworkers employed by persons in the district who reside in
other districts.
Every house in which outworkers reside is inspected and
every possible precaution taken in the event of infectious disease
breaking out.
Five notices have been served in regard to workshops under
the Public Health Act.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces
and Homework.
I.—INSPECTION.
| Number of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 130 | 3 |
| Workplaces | 10 | — |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 25 | 1 |
| 165 | 4 | |
II.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Number of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fou nd | Defects Remedied | |
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 |
| Other nuisances ... | 1 | 1 |
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (s. 107) | 1 | 1 |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are infected (s. 110) | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | |