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Bethnal Green 1905

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905

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Schedule.
List ok Out-workers.
A correct list of Out-Workers employed in the following classes of
work:—
(a) the making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting,
finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel and any work
incidental thereto;
(b) the making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace
and of lace curtains and nets;
(c) cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work;
(d) the making of electro-plate;
(e) the making of files;
(f) fur-pulling;
(g) the making of iron and steel cables and chains;
(h) the making of iron and steel anchors and grapnels;
(i) the making of cart gear, including swivels, rings, loops,
gear buckles, mullin bits, hooks, and attachments of all
kinds;
(j) the making of locks, latches and keys;
(k) 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;
(m) brushmaking; and
(n) the making of stuffed toys;
must be kept in the form and with the particulars specified below in
the factory or workshop or place from which the work is given out,
and must be open to inspection by H.M. Inspectors and the officers
of the local authority; and a copy of the list signed and dated and
corrected up to that date must be forwarded to the local authority
of the district on or before the first day of February and the first
day of August in each year.
In order that the list may be correct, the name of any person
newly taken into employment should be immediately entered, and
the name of any person ceasing to be employed should be immediately
struck out.