London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finsbury 1904

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops

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The following summary of results of inspections of out-workers' and home-workers, premises speaks for itself:—

OUT-WORKERS
Number of out-workers' premises visited444
Total number of visits made489
Number in which wrong address was given or out-workers had removed137
Number who had given up home work40
„ not out-workers under the Act14
„ in which work was done in factories5
„ „ „ „ workshops63
(Particulars of which are included in the Report on Workshops.)
Number of workshops in which no Abstract of Act was affixed17
„ in which work was done in the home185
„ of re-visits to home-workers45
HOME-WORKERS.
Particulars relating to work in 185 homes.
Number in which work was done in work-rooms only22
„ „ ,, „ living-rooms74
„ „ „ „ bed-rooms11
„ „ „ „ bed and living rooms78185
„ of cases in which room was clean126
„ „ ,, ,, in fair order39
„ „ ,, ,, dirty20185
Sanitary defects on premises26
Notices served23
Number of persons employed as home-workers217
„ „ men31
,, ,, boy1
„ ,, women181
„ „ girls4