London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hillingdon 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Defects
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) Overcrowding (S.2) Unreasonable temperature (S.3) Inadequate ventilation (S.4) Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient | 9 | 9 | |||
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 46 | 46 | 1 | ||
| (c) Not separate for sexes Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 58 | 58 | 3 | 1 | |
OUTWORKERS
If a factory employs persons to carry out certain specified works in their own homes the
details must be notified by the factory to the local authority in whose area the factory is situated.
That local authority must in turn notify any other local authority in whose area the employed
person resides.
This type of work is generally referred to as home work but the persons so employed are
known as out-workers.
No notifications were received from factories situated in this Borough but notifications of
178 persons employed as out-workers by factories outside the Borough were received. 175 homes
at which this work is carried out were inspected, no contraventions of the Act or other matters
needing attention were recorded.
Details of the number of persons employed as out-workers and the types of place at which they are employed is set out below:
| Type of work | No. of out-workers |
|---|---|
| Alterations or finishing wearing apparel | 30 |
| Making curtains | 1 |
| Making Christmas crackers | 145 |
| Making lampshades | 2 |
| Total | 178 |