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
Hackney 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | H.M. Inspector | ||||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 33 | 30 | - | 24 | 2 |
| (c) Not suitable for sexes | 8 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act not including offences relating to outwork) | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Total | 41 | 36 | 5 | 24 | 2 |
The two prosecutions resulted in the defendants being fined a total
of £15 with £4 costs.
OUTWORKERS
The occupier of every factory or contractor employed by any such
occupier in the business of the factory is required to submit to the
local authority during February and August in each year, a list showing
all the outworkers employed by him during the previous six months.
The current list showed 66 Hackney firms as having employed 759 outworkers of whom 310 worked in Hackney:-
| Nature of Work | No. of outworkers in August list |
|---|---|
| Wearing apparel | 662 |
| Feather sorting | 1 |
| Making of boxes | 52 |
| Brush making | 11 |
| Carding of buttons | 28 |
| Artificial flowers | 3 |
| Toy making | 2 |
| Total | 759 |
There were no instances of an employer failing to send a list nor
of work being done in unwholesome premises.
If an outworker appearing on this list works from premises situated
in another area, the local authority concerned is informed by the
authority receiving the list from the factory. In this way it is
possible to ascertain how many residents in Hackney are doing outwork.