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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

Enfield 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers in the district.

The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers in the district.

Wearing apparel249
Brass and brass articles4
Electrical cables203
Handbags2
Boxmaking etc., wholly or partially
of paper22
Carding, etc., of buttons6
Paint boxes and paint brushes18
Toys and games40
Artificial flowers11
Umbrellas1
Bed linen, etc.8
Christmas stockings, etc5
Lampshades2
Curtains1
Cabinet furniture, etc.1
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Four visits were made by the public health inspectors to the houses of these outworkers and conditions were found to be satisfactory.

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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
The purpose of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951, and
the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1961 and 1965, is to secure
the use of clean filling materials in upholstered articles and other articles which
are stuffed or lined.
Local authorities are required to register premises where filling materials are
used for upholstering, the stuffing or lining of bedding, toys or baby carriages,
other than upholstering (etc.) in the remaking or reconditioning of any article, or
in connection with railway carriages, road vehicles, ships or aircraft.
At the end of the year 23 premises were registered to use filling materials.
Thirty-one visits were made to these premises and conditions were found to be
satisfactory.
OFFENSIVE TRADES
Section 107 of the Public Health Act, 1936, defines a list of "offensive trades",
which can only be established with the consent of a local authority. In addition to
the trades listed, a local authority, by Order confirmed by the Minister, may declare
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