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Home Work.
The Factory Act provides that in certain trades, to be specified
by the Home Secretary, the employers shall send to the sanitary
authority, twice a year, lists giving the names and addresses of the
out-workers employed by them. The trades so far specified by the
Home Secretary are as follows:—
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;
Brush making; and
The making of stuffed toys.
The number of lists received from employers was 108, and the
number of addresses contained in the lists was 333. In 280 instances
it was found that the addresses were outside Hampstead and in
accordance with the Act they were sent to the Medical Officers of
Health of their respective districts. The number of addresses of
Hampstead workers received from the Medical Officers of Health
of the districts in which the employers of these workers carried
on business was 28.
The total number of outworkers' premises in Hampstead is 72.
Of these 2 are factories, 21 workshops, 11 domestic workshops, 2
workplaces, and in 36 cases only a single worker is employed on the
premises.