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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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the number of such places which have been registered, together with the trades and the number of persons employed:—
| Trade. | Number on Register. | Persons Employed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises | Rooms. | Males. | Females. | |
| Art Needlework | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Blousemakers | 10 | 10 | — | 13 |
| Bootmakers | 21 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| Dressmakers | 4 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Embroiderers | 33 | 33 | — | 35 |
| Glovemakers | 36 | 36 | 1 | 41 |
| Hosiers | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Milliners | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tailors | 59 | 59 | 38 | |
| Underclothing Makers | 23 | 23 | — | 26 |
| Other Trades | 16 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 208 | 208 | 59 | 181 | |
The systematic inspection of outworkers' premises is carried
out by the two Workshop Inspectors (Inspector Benjamin and
Miss Fairbairn). The former deals with male outworkers, and
the latter with female. In addition, the lists kept by firms established
in Battersea of outworkers are regularly inspected, and care
taken that these lists are kept in the manner and form prescribed
by Section 107 of the Factory and Workshop Act.