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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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In order that the list may be correct, the name of any person
newly taken into employment shall be immediately entered, and the
name of any person ceasing to be employed should be immediately
struck out.
Factory, Workshop or Full Postal Address
Place from which the Business
work is given out Name of Occupier
(a) Give name of employer.
List of Persons directly employed by (
| Name in full. | Whether employed as Workman (W) or Contractor (C). | Class of work. (Specify by means of index letters as above.) | Place of Employment i.e. place where the work is actually done. | Address [No entry need be made in this column if the entry in column (4) is a sufficient address.] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
The subject of home-work in Battersea was fully dealt
with by me in a report to the Health Committee contained in
my Annual Report for 1906, as the result of a circular letter
received by the Council in October, 1905, from the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, drawing the attention of
district councils to their powers under the Act and the little
use made in many districts of these powers.
During 1907, special attention was devoted to outworkers.
The results of the work accomplished will be found set out in
the following- tables. Systematic inspection is carried out by
Inspector Benjamin and Miss Fairbairn. The former deals
with male outworkers and the latter with females. In
addition, the lists kept by firms established in Battersea of outworkers
are regularly inspected, and care taken that these lists