Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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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 there of
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 1905 in pursuance of Section 133 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Young Persons | Children. | Total. | |||
Biscuit Packers | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 6 | |
Blouse Makers | 5 | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | |
Bootmakers | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Boot Polish Maker | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Cork Finisher | 1 | 38 | 6 | - | 44 | |
Dressmakers | 24 | 35 | 27 | - | 62 | |
Engineer | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Farrier | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Firewood Cutters | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
Metal Case Maker | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
Milliner | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Mosaic Worker | 1 | 14 | 5 | - | 19 | |
Pickle Maker | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
Picture Framers | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
Printer | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Rag Sorters | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
Sugar Boiler | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
Tailors | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | 10 | |
Totals | 54 | 116 | 65 | - | 181 |