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Battersea 1904
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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Section 133 of the Act 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." This section is important,
as it provides the procedure by which most workshops become
known to the factory inspectors, who, upon receiving the
notice, enter the workshop in the Home Office register and send
an abstract of the Act to the occupier.
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector during 1904 in pursuance of section 133 of the factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Young Persons | Children. | Total. | ||
| Bakers | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Barge Builder | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Blouse Maker | 1 | 5 | - | — | 5 |
| Bootmakers | 6 | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| Boot Polish Maker | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Carpet Maker | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Carriage Builder | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Crayon Maker | 1 | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| Cycle Maker | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dressmakers | 32 | 121 | 9 | — | 130 |
| Farrier | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Firewood Cutters | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Hat Maker | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Laundries | 3 | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| Motor Car Maker | 1 | - | 2 | — | 2 |
| Rag Sorter | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Smiths | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tailors | 10 | 21 | 2 | — | 23 |
| Totals | 69 | 170 | 31 | — | 201 |
Bakehouses.
There are 89 workshop bakehouses and 5 factory bakehouses
in Battersea. The former are supervised by the Council's
Inspectors, the latter mainly by the Factory Inspectors. The