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The list of trades specified by the Home Secretary to which
Sections 107-110 apply are set out in Orders made by the Home
Secretary (vide previous Annual Reports). The latest Order is
1907.
During 1908 the names and addresses of 814 outworkers were
received, as compared with 787 in 1907 and 520 in 1906. Lists
were sent in by employers and by the Medical Officers of Health of
the following Metropolitan Boroughs:—
District.
Lists.
Outworkersl
District.
Lists.
Outworkers
Bermondsey 1 l Kensington 8 27
Bromley 1 l Lambeth 9 20
Camberwell 1 l Paddington 2 2
Chelsea 7 67 St. Marylebone 3 41
City of London 12 26 Shoreditch 2 3
Finsbury 6 11 Southwark 2 11
Fulham 1 1 Stepney 2 2
Hammersmith 1 2 Wandsworth 34 93
Holborn 2 2 Westminster 7 89
Ince, Lancs 1 l
Totals 102 401
The names and addresses of 196 outworkers which were sent
in by employers were found to refer to other districts, and were
accordingly forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health of these
districts.
The premises occupied by the outworkers are registered and
regularly inspected, and am insanitary conditions found remedied.
The premises generally were in a very fair condition, and comparatively
few notices were required. The following table shows