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Battersea 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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87 of these premises was discontinued, while 54 new workshops
were registered, so that at the end of 1907 the number
of workshops on the register was 526, in which were employed
2,041 persons: 892 males and 1,149 females.
Section 133 of the Act provides that "when any woman,
young person or child is employed in a workshop in which
no abstract of the Act is affixed, as by this Act required, and
the Medical Officer of Health becomes aware thereof, he shall
forthwith give written notice thereof to the Inspector for the
district." This section is important, providing as it does the
procedure by which most workshops become known to the
factory Inspectors, who upon receipt of the notice enter the
workshop in the Home Office register and send an abstract of
the Act to the occupier.
The following table shows the workshops notified to H .M. Inspector during 1907, in pursuance of Section 133 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 :—
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Young Persons | Children. | Total. | ||
| Balloon-making | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Blind-making | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boot-making | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Cab-painting | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cabinet making | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Carriage work | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Confectionery | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dressmaking | 14 | 39 | 9 | — | 48 |
| Firewood | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Metal-working | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Millinery | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Motor body works | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Printing | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Rag-sorting | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Tailoring | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | 9 |
| Totals | 36 | 49 | 30 | — | 79 |