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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
Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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4.-Other Mailers.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| matters notofied to H.M. Inspector of Factories:- | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Work-shop Act(s.133), 1901 | 22 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Heath Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act(s.5), 1901 | Notified by H.M. Inspector Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 102 |
| 102 | ||
| other | 1 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):- | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | - | |
| In use at the end of the year | 6 | |
Out workers.
The net number of outworker in the Borough engaged in the various
trades is as follows:-
Making, cleaning, etc., of wearing apparel 2,267
Furriers 55
Umbrellas 17
Boots and shoes 46
Paper bags and cardboard boxes 20
Brushes 3
Flag making 4
Feather bedding 2
Christmas cards 1
Carnival bats 22
Artificial flowers 3
Braces 1
Handbags 2
Cigarette making 1
Pot scourers 9
Fancy jewellery 2
Bristles 1
2,486
The number of inspections made to outworkers' premises was 1,270, and
the number of premises where sanitary defects were found to exist was 387
Notifiable infectious disease occurred in 95 outworkers' premises.
There are 103 firms in the Borough employing outworkers, and of these
linns 93 sent in list twice in the year and 12 once. These related to a net
number of 1,116 outworkers, of which 714 were resident in the Borough and
402 were transferred to other Districts.