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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
Chingford 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE
CONTROLLED BY BYELAWS OR REGULATIONS
Offensive Trade Premises
The offensive trade premises on the register number 8, all
being fish fryers. Offensive trades are controlled by Byelaws
adopted by the Council.
Bakehouses
There are 8 of these premises within the district and they have
been maintained in a satisfactory condition during the year.
Factories Act, 1937.
Forty-three visits were paid to Factories. No case of infectious
disease occurred at outworkers' premises during the year.
Numbers and Trades of Outworkers notified during 1943
Baby Linen 3 Flag Day Emblems 4
Wearing Apparel 38 Cardboard Boxes 1
Furrier 1 Brushes 1
Naval Straps and Lacing 1 Sleeve Gas Detectors 5
Embroidery 1 Ladies' Handbags 1
Outworkers were notified from the following Areas:
Shoreditch 3 Corporation of London 4
St. Pancras 1 St. Marylebone 7
Islington 1 Bethnal Green 4
Westminster 2 Leyton 11
Stoke Newington 1 Hackney 16
Finsbury 6
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