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majority complied with the Act immediately afterwards, and the remainder after receipt of a
warning letter from the Town Clerk: —
Evans, G. & Co.99, Tower Bridge Road.
Hobbs, W.H. Southwark Park Road.
Gosling, Miss 4, Slippers Place.
Martin, Martha 51, Linsey Street.
Peachey, Elizabeth 48, Grange Road.
Schimel, Sophia Jamaica Road.
*Ennis, Mrs.26A, Trothy Road.
*Chave, Mr. Galleywall Road.
Faulls, S. 124, Jamaica Road.
*Goulding & Son 140, Abbey Street.
*Nottingham, H.N202, Jamaica Road.
Templeman, M. 185, Bermondsey Street.
Turnbull, Elizabeth 137, Galleywall Road.
Warwick, C. 2, Reverdy Road.
*Williams, T. & S. Abbeyfield Road.
Note.-Those starred were written to by the Town Clerk.
The Secretary of State, by a special Order of August 15th, 1905, added certain trades to
the list, in which the firms are required to send in lists of outworkers, so that the total now
coming under the requirements for home work are : —
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:-
The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting, finishing, and repairing
of wearing apparel and any work incidental thereto;
The making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace and of lace curtains
and nets;
Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work;
The making of electro-plate;
The making of files;
Fur-pulling;
The making of iron and steel cables and chains;
The making of iron and steel anchors and grapnels;
The making of cart gear, including swivels, rings, loops, gear buckles, mullin
bits, hooks, and attachments of all kinds ;
The making of locks, latches, and keys;
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 staffed toys.
In five cases of scarlet fever which occurred in the homes of outworkers, the work was
stopped until the premises were disinfected. In one of these cases the patient was kept at
home, thus necessitating the stoppage of homework for eight weeks.
Female Sanitary Inspector.
The Council had no special report to consider on the advisability of employing a female
Sanitary Inspector, since their refusal to entertain the proposal when it was brought up on
several previous occasions rendered it probable that a similar fate would befall any such
proposal if it were brought up during the year under report.
The increasing employment of female labour and its connection with infantile mortality
are bringing the subject of factories and workshops where such labour is employed every day
into greater prominence, and from the reports of those public bodies who employ female
Inspectors I hope the Council will not continue its present attitude, but sanction the
appointment of one in the Borough. The sanitary condition of factories and workshops where
women are employed is essentially a question for investigation by women, since to obtain all the
facts the employers and employed must both be interrogated, a thing which for obvious reasons
cannot be effectually done by the ordinary male Inspector.
Bakehouses.
There are at present 105 retail bakehouses in the Borough, viz., 41 underground and 64
above. Of the underground 33 are in use and 8 not. Six of these were not in use at the time
the Factory and Workshop Act came into force and two were not granted certificates as the
owners did not comply with the requirements of the Council. Of the 64 overground bakehouses
55 are in use and 9 not.
The bakehouses were all visited twice during the year, and the usual requirements as to
limewashing were complied with.