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NUMBER AND TRADE OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
DURING 1952
Wearing Apparel 81 Box-making 6
Knitwear 69 Novelties 1
Footwear 10 Down Quilts 3
Brush-making 4 Trimmings 6
Handbags 10 Toys 1
Buttons 1 Christmas Crackers 1
Stationery 1 Paper Bags 1
Artificial Flowers 2 Paper Hats 6
OUTWORKERS WERE NOTIFIED FROM THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
Ilford 4 Hackney 44
St. Pancras 5 Shoreditch 8
Stoke Newington 9 Tottenham 1
Leyton 70 Finsbury 23
Islington 16 Wood Green 1
Westminster 4 West Ham 7
London Corporation 2 East Ham 1
Poplar 1 Enfield 3
Croydon 1 Chigwell 3
Edmonton 3 Lambeth 2
Bethnal Green 7
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949
A full-time Rodent Operative is employed for rodent infestation
work and, whilst there was no evidence of major infestations in the
town, 2,539 visits were paid to deal with minor infestations at private
and business premises.
The seventh and eighth maintenance treatments were carried out
in March and September respectively. In March 476 manholes were baited
and of these 28.78% showed complete or partial takes; 338 manholes were
baited in September, 18.6% of which showed complete or partial takes.