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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
Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Factories and Workshops.
TABLE XXXIX. HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists. | Outwork in unwholesome premises | Out work in infected premises. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Instances. | Notices served. | Instances. | |||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||
| Wearing Apparel:— | |||||||
| (1.) Making, etc. | 53 | 41 | 221 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
| (2.) Cleaning and washing | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Paper bags and boxes | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 57 | 45 | 228 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
The total number of addresses received from other Councils
was 591, and 136 addresses were forwarded to other Councils.
The number of addresses received has increased by 92 and
the number sent increased by one. 53 names and addresses
were forwarded to this Borough in error.
The number of notices sent to employers during the year
was 32, and these had a most satisfactory result.
During the year 47 cases of infective diseases—five of
Scarlet Fever, five of Diphtheria, 24 of Measles, five of Chickenpox,
one of Enteric Fever, and seven cf Whooping Cough—
were notified as having occurred in the homes of out-workers.
In none of there cases was it necessary to make any order under
Section 110 of the Factory and Workshop Act.
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