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Hackney 1905

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905

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The making of paper bags and of paper boxes;
Brushmaking; and
The making of stuffed toys.
II. Section 110 (relating to the prohibition of home work in
places where there is infectious disease) shall apply to the following
classes of work:—
The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting,
finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel and any work
incidental thereto (as in the said section specified) ;
The making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace
and of lace curtains and nets ;
Upholstery work;
Fur-pulling ;
The making of covers for, and the covering, finishing, altering
or repairing of, umbrellas, sunshades, parasols, and articles
of a similar character, and any work incidental thereto;
The making of paper bags and of paper boxes;
Brushmaking; and
The making of stuffed toys.
2. The lists of out-workers required to be kept by Section 107
and the copies thereof shall be kept and made in the form and
manner, and with the particulars shown in the Schedule hereto.
3. This Order may be referred to as the Home Work Order of
the 15th August, 1905.
4. The Home Work Orders of the 11th December, 1901, and of
the 14th July, 1902, are hereby revoked.
A. Akers-Douglas,
One of His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall,
15th August, 1905.