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Altenburg Gardens Bread and Confectionery.
Park Road „ „ „
381, Battersea Park Road ,, ,, „
Broughton Street Biscuits only.
37, Grayshott Road Bread.
465, Battersea Park Road ,,
465, Battersea Park Road ,,
— Sugden Road ,,
Homework.
This term has reference to persons who carry on certain
classes of work in their own homes. Under the Factory and
Workshop Act, very important powers are given to District
Councils for controlling the (sanitary) conditions under which the
work is done. These powers aim at the prevention of homework
being done (1) in dwellings which are injurious to the health of
the workers themselves, viz., through overcrowding, want of
ventilation, etc.; (2) in premises where there is dangerous
infectious disease.
The homeworkers residing in Battersea are employed by
firms established in the Borough and by firms belonging to other
Boroughs.
The list of trades specified by the Home Secretary, to which
Sections 107-110 are set out in Orders made by the Home Secretary
(vide previous Annual Reports).
During 1909 the names and addresses of 832 outworkers were
received, as compared with 814 in 1908, and 787 in 1907. Lists
were sent in by employers and by Medical Officers of Health for
the following Metropolitan Boroughs:—