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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

Bethnal Green 1910

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: 3.—HOME WORK.

3.—HOME WORK.

NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Number of Inspections and Re-inspections of Outworkers' Premises.outwork in unwhole-some premises, section 108.outwork in infected premises sections 109, 110.
Lists received from EmployersNames 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 (Section 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.Out-workersLists.Out-workers
Wearing Apparel—
(1) Making, &c.........................3816..................
(2) Cleaning and washing142190661124461032...........................
Lace, lace curtains and nets............11......2..................
Artificial flowers............142......37..................
Tents............2.........4..................
Furniture and upholstery12172......14106......92..................
Umbrellas, &c.............423......94..................
Carding, &c., of buttons, &c.218..................39..................
Paper bags and boxes22595417597136......1582..................
Brush making10703......145361......552..................
Total1883394102832611640......6218..................

Table: 4. Registered Workshops.

4. Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
Workshops, including Laundries1,873
Workplaces230
Bakehouses90
Total numbers of workshops on Register2,193

Table: 5-—Other Matters.

5-—Other Matters.

Glass.Number.
Masters notified to H.M Insprctor of Factories-
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act(s. 133)25
Action taken in matters referred byH.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory & Workshop Act (s. 5)Notified byH.M. Inspector39
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector39
Other
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)—
In use at the end of year27