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Barking 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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OUTWORK
Table 9 sets out the type of outwork being carried out
in the Borough and the inspections made in respect thereof.
Table No. 9 - OUTWORK
Factories Act, 1937
Section 110:
Number of outworkers in list required by Section
110(c) 182
Nature of work carried out:-
Making of wearing apparel 135
Umbrellas -
Artificial flowers 3
Boxes etc.10
Brushes -
Toys 1
Cosaques, Christmas crackers and
stockings etc. 33
Sacks -
Section 111:
Number of visits to outworkers 369
Number of unwholesome premises -
Number of notices served -
Number of prosecutions -
Section E - ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
Domestic Pollution - Smoke Control Areas
In June 1959 the Council made a decision which may
well prove to be one of the biggest steps forward taken or
many years concerning the environmental hygiene of Barking
It was decided to embark upon a programme of Smoke Control
which would do away with smoke from domestic chimneys in
the following five years.
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