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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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The above list is far from comprising the whole number
of workshops in Battersea, which is probably between 600 and
700. The inspection is still proceeding, and next year it will
be possible to report upon the whole of the workshops in the
Borough.
Section 133 of the Act of 1901 provides that "When any
woman, young person, or child is employed in a workshop
in which no abstract of this Act is affixed as by this Act
required, and the Medical Officer of Health of the district
council becomes aware thereof, he shall forthwith give written
notice thereof to the inspector for the district."
In pursuance of this section, notices were sent to
H.M. Inspector in respect of the following 76 workshops:—
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector in pursuance of Section 133 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
| TRADE. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Young Persons | Children. | | Total. | ||
| Baker | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Blousemaker ... | 3 | 4 | 6 | – | 10 |
| Bootmaker | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| Carpenter | 3 | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| Cycle Maker ... | 5 | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| Dressmaker | 24 | 38 | 15 | – | 53 |
| Electric Accumulator | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Embroideress ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Ironmonger | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Laundry | 16 | 68 | – | – | 68 |
| Milliner | 4 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Photographer ... | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Picture Frame Maker | 1 | – | ' * | – | 1 |
| Rag Sorter | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Sugar Boiler ... | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Tailor | 6 | 13 | 1 | – | 14 |
| Totals | 76 | 135 | 47 | – | 182 |