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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
Hampstead 1907
Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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3.—Home work.
| NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107 | Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | Outwork in unwholesome premises,Sec. 108 | Outwork in infected premises Sections 109, 110 | |||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Addresses of Outworkers. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecuions. | Instances. | Orders made (S.110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | |||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Received from other Councils. | For warded to other Councils. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||||
| Contactors | Workmen. | Contractor | Workmen. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Wearing apparel— | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) making, etc. | 90 | 14 | 241 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 54† | 228 | - | - | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (2) cleaning and washing | 6 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artifical flowers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nets, other than wire nets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furniture and upholstery | 8 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 50 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fur pulling | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feather sorting | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper bags and boxes | 2 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basket making | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brush making | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Racquet and tennis balls | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuffed toys | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| File making | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Electro-plate | 2 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cables and chains | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anchors and grapnels | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cart gear | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Locks, latches and keys | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pea picking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 114 | 68 | 359 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 54 | 382 | - | - | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
* In 8 of the lists that were sent in the occupiers gave out work of more than one of the class* s specified in Column 1, but the lists were subdivided in such a
way as to show the number of workers in each class of work. These lists have been included in column 2 aga:nst the principal c ass only, but the outworkers have
been assigned in columns 3 and 4 into their respective classes.
+ This number includes 10 addresses not in Hampstead, 3 addresses of persons who no longer take homework, 5 addresses of persons who had removed and
whose new address could not be found, and one address of a deceased person.