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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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This is a special duty devolving upon the Borough Council
under Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
under which Orders (known as the Home-work Orders') have
been made by the Home Secretary (vide Annual Reports, 1903,
pp. 118-122 and 1905 pp. 125-126). The latest Order is 1907
(May 23rd), and it replaces the Order of August 15th, 1905.
This new Order enlarges the list of special trades to which
Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, apply,
by the addition of the following :—Artificial flowers ; nets, other
than wire nets ; tents ; sacks ; covering of racquet or tennis
balls ; boxes of cardboard, chip, or similar material; peapicking
; feather sorting; the carding, boxing or packeting of
buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and hairpins ; and baskets.
During 1903-7 a total of 745 out-workers'premises have been inspected and registered (178 during 1907), connected with the following trades and businesses:-
| 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1903-7. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantles | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 55 |
| Blouses and Skirts | 10 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 91 |
| Ties and Belts and Braces | 24 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 85 |
| Baby Clothing | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 19 |
| Children's Underclothing and Costumes | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 37 |
| Women's Underclothing | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| Tailors | 10 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 20 | 95 |
| Upholsterers | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Embroidery | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 36 |
| Dressing Gowns | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 11 |
| Shirts | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Aprons | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Waistcoats | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 45 |
| Jerseys | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Hosiery | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Widows'Caps | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |