London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
This page requires JavaScript
49
and the homes are regularly inspected. Powers under the Act
are given to the District Council for controlling the conditions
under which the work is done in the homes of the workers, and
generally a hygienic standard is secured. All insanitary conditions
found to exist are dealt with and the necessary action taken to
abate nuisances.
Infectious diseases occurred in the homes of 10 outworkers,
but immediate steps were taken to prevent the spread of the
disease; the outwork was disinfected by us, and the Medical
Officer of the Council in whose district the employer resided was
advised of the case. In instances where the patient was treated
at home, further work was forbidden on the premises until all
risk of the infection was over.
In 1914, 666 outworkers were notified by other Councils, and 14 other addresses sent to us in error were drafted to the proper authorities. Lists containing 271 names have been forwarded to other Councils in whose districts outworkers, employed by Leyton firms, reside.
| To Walthamstow | 103 |
| „ Hackney | 60 |
| „ West Ham | 54 |
| „ Stepney | 36 |
| „ Bethnal Green | 2 |
| „ Poplar | 4 |
| „ Enfield | 1 |
| „ Islington | 2 |
| „ Guildhall | 4 |
| „ Holborn | 2 |
| „ Whitechapel | 1 |
| „ Stamford Hill | 1 |
| „ Woodford | 1 |
| 271 |