Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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NUMBER AND TRADE OF OUTWORKERS 2
NOTIFIED DURING 1954.
Wearing Apparel
65
Stationery
1
Knitwear
72
Artificial Flowers
9
Footwear
12
Box-making
5
Buttons
1
Down Quilts.
4
Handbags
7
Trimmings
1
Christmas Crackers
1
Art Needlework
1
OUTWORKERS WERE NOTIFIED FROM
THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
City of Bradford
1
St.Marylebone
5
St. Pancras
3
Hackney
34
Stoke Newington
4
Shoreditch
14
Leyton
72
Tottenham
8
Islington
4
Finsbury
27
Westminster
3
Wood Green
1
London Corporation
5
West Ham
1
Edmonton
2
Chigwell
2
Bethnal Green
6
Lambeth
1
Potters Bar
2
Walthamstow
1
Prevention of Damage by Peste 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, 1,595 visits were paid to deel with
minor infestations at private and business premises and in
connection with sewer maintenance treatments.
The eleventh and twelfth maintenance treatments were
carried out in March and September respectively. In March
220 manholes were baited and of these 18.18% showed complete or
partial takes; 271 manholes were baited in September, 12.17%
of which showed complete or partial takes.