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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
Hackney 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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On examination of the lists of outworkers sent in by
employers in this Borough during 1912, I found 2,472 whose
addresses were in other districts. The names and addresses of
these were forwarded to their respective local authorities, as
given in the following list: —
Acton 3
Amersham 5
Axminste 2
Barking 4
Battersea 2
Bermondsey 6
Bethnal Green 626
Brentford 2
Camberwell 30
Chingford 1
Chiswick 2
City of London 2
„ Westminster 4
Croydon 2
Deptford 3
East Ham 21
Edmonton 20
Enfield 6
Erith 2
Finchley 1
Finsbury 24
Great Missenden 2
Hornsey 7
IIford 10
Islington 208
Lambeth 7
Lewisham 3
Ley ton 105
Poplar 234
Romford 2
St. Pancras 8
Shoreditch 396
Southend 2
Southgate 3
Southwark 8
Stepney 248
Stoke Nevvington 138
Tottenham 97
Walthamstow 187
Wandsworth 1
West Ham 24
Willesden 2
Woodford 3
Wood Green 6
Woolwich 3
2.472
During the year 1912, Miss Portlock (the inspector appointed
for the inspection of outworkers premises) made 1,029 inspections
and 629 re-inspections. She also made 570 visits without inspection,
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