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Lists received from Employers.
1905.
1904.
Number
of Lists.
Number
of Outworkers.
Number
of Lists.
Number
of Outworkers.
Jan. 1st to Feb. 1st
Due Feb. 1st.
Feb. 2nd to June 30th
23 760 22 616
87 1605 59 1549
July 1st to Aug. 1st
Due Aug. 1st.
Aug. 2nd to Dec, 31st
46 1297 24 725
59 1026 63 1199
215 4688 168 4089
Lists received from 19 Local
Authorities 90 488 62 152
Lists dispatched to 75 Local
Authorities 84 4474 845 3891
The following circular, drawing attention to the new Order of
the Home Secretary introducing for the first time certain trades
(printed below in italics), was sent out in December to 124 firms
employing outworkers, and in the present year will be sent out to
makers of umbrellas, paper bags and boxes, brushes and stuffed
toys. This new Order will supersede the Order of 14th July,
1902, and comes into operation in January, 1906:—
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Home Work Order of 15th August, 1905.
In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by Sections 107, 108,
and 110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, I hereby make the
following Order:—
I. Section 107 (relating to lists of out-workers) and Section 108
(relating to employment in unwholesome premises) shall apply to the
following classes of work:—