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Out-workers.
Special attention has been given by Miss Gamble during 1903
to Out-workers, and the houses and rooms wherein they carry
out their work—duties devolving upon Sanitary Authorities
under Sections 107—110 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901. The Home Secretary has made an Order (which
is known as the Home-Work Order 1901, and which came into
force on January 1st, 1902) to the following effect:—
I. Section 107 of the Act (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, 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; and fur-pulling.
II. Section 110 (relating to the prohibition of homework
in places where there is infectious disease) 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 (as in the
said Section specified); the making, ornamenting, and finishing
of lace and of lace curtains and nets; upholstery work;
and fur-pulling.
The lists of Out-workers required to be kept by Section
107, and the copies thereof, are to be kept and made in the
form and manner and with the particulars shown in the
schedule annexed to the Order. The Order of March 23rd,
1898, relating to lists of Out-workers, is revoked.
The object of the Order is to ensure work (in certain specially
mentioned Trades) being carried out under sanitary conditions,
and in places (including Laundries) free from notifiable infectious
disease—Smallpox and Scarlet Fever being specially