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Home Work.—Under the Factory and Workshop Act of 1901 new
powers are conferred upon Borough Councils with regard to
" outworkers."
The occupiers of factories, workshops, and other places from which
any work is given out are required to keep lists showing the names and
addresses of all persons employed by them, and the places where they
are employed, and to send copies of the lists to the Council twice a year,
on or before February 1 and August 1.
These lists must then be examined, and the name and place Of
employment of every outworker whose place of employment is in another
district, must be furnished to the Council of that district.
The classes of work to which these provisions apply have been fixed
by the Secretary of State, and are as follows: —
1. The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting, finishing
and repairing of wearing apparel, and any work incidental
thereto;
2. The making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace, and
of lace curtains and nets ;
3. Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work ;
4. The making of electro plate ;
5. The making of files ;
6. Fur-pulling.
Employment of Persons in Unwholesome Premises.
The Borough Council may prohibit the giving out of work to be
done in any place which is injurious or dangerous to the health of the
persons employed therein.
Prohibition of Homework in Places where there is Infectious Disease.
If any inmate of a house in which home work is done is suffering
from a notifiable infectious disease, the Council may, whether the patient
has been removed from the house or not, prohibit the giving out of work
to any person living or working in that house.