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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
Shoreditch 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The usual steps were taken in connection with these cases by the officers of the sanitary authority.
| NATURE OF WORK. (1) | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108. | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109 and 110. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. f8) | Prosecutions. | Instances. (11) | Notices served. (12) | Prosecutions. (13) | Instances. (14) | Orders made. (S. 109.) (15) | Prosecutions. (S. 109, 110.) (16) | |||||||
| Twice in the Year. | Once in the Year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists. (9) | Failing to send Lists. (10) | ||||||||||||
| Lists. (2) | Outworkers. | Lists. (5) | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. (3) | Workmen. (4) | Contractors. f6) | Workmen. (7) | ||||||||||||
| Wearing apparel:— | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c | 37 | 120 | 448 | 2 | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 42 | 42 | Nil. | 10 | ... | ... |
| (2) Cleaning and washing | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Artificial flowers | 2 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | Nil. | 1 | ... | ... |
| Upholstery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Paper bags and boxes | 16 | ... | 185 | 7 | ... | 54 | ... | ... | ... | 40 | 40 | Nil. | 13 | ... | ... |
| Fancy leather goods | 4 | ... | 36 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 15 | Nil. | 9 | ... | ... |
| Carding of buttons | 2 | ... | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | Nil. | 7 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 61 | 120 | 706 | 9 | ... | 79 | ... | ... | ... | 110 | 110 | Nil. | 40 | ... | ... |
(a) The figures in columns 2, 3 and 4 are the total number of lists received from employers who sent them both for February and
August, and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. Therefore these figures constitute double the number of employers and
approximately double the number of individual workers whose names are given, since in the February and August lists of the same
employers the same outworker's name will often be repeated.
(b) See page 145 of this report with regard to infectious disease in the houses of outworkers.
Home Work.
The following is a summary of the lists received from employers in the Borough:—
146