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Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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SCHEDULE.
List of 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;
(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;
(f) the making of locks, latches, and keys ;
(k) the making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, parasols,
or parts thereof;
(l) the making of artificial flowers ;
(m) the making of nets other than wire nits ;
(n) the making of tents ;
(o) the making or repairing of sacks ;
(p) the covering of racket or tennis balls ;
(q) the making of paper bags ;
(r) the making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof
made wholly or partially of paper, cardboard, chip, or
similar material;
(s) the making of brushes ;
(u) pea picking;
(v) feather sorting;
(w) the carding, boxing, or packeting of buttons, hooks, and
eyes, pins, and hair pins ;
(x) the making of stuffed toys ;
(y) the making of baskets ;
(z) and any processes incidental to the above ;
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 on the first day
of August in each year.