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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following analysis shows the trades in which the outworkers resident in the Borough are engaged:—

The following analysis shows the trades in which the outworkers resident in the Borough are engaged:—

Trade.No. of Outworkers.Trade.No. of Outworkers.
Artificial flowers35Furs2
Baby linen5Hosiery and knitted goods4
Boots and shoes64Lace trimmed goods4
Brushes and bristles16Lamp shades, etc.3
Belts and bags20Leather goods58
Buttons9Mantles and costumes45
Cardboard boxes, etc.91Millinery23
Children's clothing22Pyjamas and shirts1
Christmas stockings, etc.5Stationery, etc.7
Cleaning6Surgical apparatus1
Clothing125Tailored goods41
Cycle accessories21Ties and neckwear8
Dressing gowns9Toys1
Dresses, gowns, etc.100Trimmings34
Embroidery3Umbrellas2
Feather curling3Underclothing, etc.10
Miscellaneous38
816

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND
FOOD PREMISES.
The inspection of food and food premises has continued to
engage the active attention of the Food Inspectors.
The quantity of food examined for the purpose of determining
its fitness for human consumption and the quantity condemned
show considerable increases over any previous year's figures.
These increases are largely due to three causes—delay in transport
of perishable goods such as fish and fruit, the larger quantity of
canned fruits now being marketed, and damage to stocks of food
in shops resulting from V weapon attacks from which the Borough,
in common with other Metropolitan Boroughs, suffered so heavily
during the second half of the year. No less than 130 food premises
of various kinds were destroyed or extensively damaged with
resultant damage in varying degrees to large quantities of foodstuffs,
including many rationed commodities.
Every effort was made to salvage for human consumption food
so affected, and the figures given for the articles found to be unfit