Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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3.—HOME WORK.
NATURE OF WORK | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Number of Inspections and Re-inspections of Outworkers' Premises | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES SECTION 108 | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110 | |||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers | Names and Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils | Names and Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils | Prosecutions | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions | Instances | Orders made (s. 110) | Prosecutions Sections 109, 110 | ||||||
Twice in the year | Once in the year | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists | Failing to send lists | ||||||||||||
Lists | Outworkers | Lists | Outworkers | ||||||||||||
Wearing apparel—(1) making, &c., (2) cleaning and washing | 138 | 1,647 | 9 | 58 | 2,398 | 835 | ... | ... | 4,139 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lace, lace curtains and nets | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 9 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Artificial flowers | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | ... | ... | ... | 46 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Furniture and upholstery | 6 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 104 | ... | ... | 93 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Carding, &c., of buttons, &c. | 2 | 16 | ... | ... | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Umbrellas, &c, | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76 | 1 | ... | ... | 137 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paper bags and boxes | 24 | 498 | 2 | 6 | 907 | 105 | ... | ... | 8,355 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Brush making | 10 | 604 | 2 | 94 | 143 | 395 | ... | ... | 565 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Total | 180 | 2,926 | 14 | 159 | 3,599 | 1,463 | ... | ... | 13,351 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number |
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Workshops, including Laundries | 1,993 |
Workplaces | 223 |
Bakehouses | 89 |
Total numbers of workshops on Register | 2,305 |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. | Number. | |
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Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s 133) | 36 | |
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act, (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 60 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 60 | |
Other (See 2) | 1 | |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— | ||
In use at the end of year | 27 |