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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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in whose districts outworkers are employed who live in Finsbury.
In this way we have obtained the names and addresses of 152
outworkers obtaining work from elsewhere but living and working in Finsbury.
The following Table furnishes in brief the facts obtained under Section 107 of the Act:—
| Lists received from Employers. | 1904. | 1903. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lists. | Number of Outworkers | Number of Lists. | Number of Outworkers | ||
| Jan. 1st to Feb. 1st | Due Feb. 1st. | 22 | 616 | 3 | 79 |
| Feb. 2nd to June 30th | 59 | 1549 | 59 | 1416 | |
| July 1st to Aug. 1st | Due Aug. 1st. | 24 | 725 | 8 | 300 |
| Aug 2nd to Dec. 31st | 63 | 1199 | 39 | 1103 | |
| 168 | 4089 | 109 | 2898 | ||
| Lists received from 18 Local Authorities | 62 | 152 | 90 | 342 | |
| Lists dispatched to 61 Local Authorities | 845 | 3891 | 351 | 2814 | |
V. Inspection Registration, &c.
A Register of Workshops and Workplaces is kept in the Department
which contains the names and addresses of the occupier, the
trade or manufacture, the position and cubic capacity of the
workrooms, the number of gas burners, the number of occupants
permissible, the means of ventilation, and details respecting the
sanitary arrangements. At the end of 1903, there were on the
register 1,651 workshops and workplaces. During 1904, 294
workshops and 139 workplaces, or a total of 433, were added, 339
were removed as obsolete entries, leaving a total now on the
register of 1,745.