London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hammersmith 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908
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3.—HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Inspection of Out-workers' premises. | Outwork in Unwhole-some Premises, Sec. 108. | Outwork in InfectedPremises, Secs. 109, 110. | ||||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Addresses of Outworkers. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (S 109, 110). | ||||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Received fiom other Councils. | Forwarded to other Councils. | Notices served on Occupiers as to Lists. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists.† | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers.† | |||||||||||||||
| Con-tractors. | Work-men. | Con-tractors. | Work-men. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (l3) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
| Wearing apparel— | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) making, &c. | 38 | 74 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 271 | 82 | — | — | — | 116 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| (2) cleaning and washing | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 62 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —• | — | — | — |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artificial flowers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nets, other than wire nets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sacks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Furniture and upholstery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fur pulling | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feather sorting | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Umbrellas, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carding, &c. of buttons, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paper bags and boxes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — |
| Basket making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brush making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Racquet and tennis balls | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stuffed toys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| File making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electro plate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cables and chains | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anchors and grapnels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cart gear | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Locks, latches and keys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pea picking | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 42 | 78 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 333 | 86 | — | — | — | 116 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
*If an occupier gives out work of more than one of the classes specified in column 1, and subdivides his list in such a way as to snow the number of workers in each
class of work, the list should be included among those in column 2 (or 5 as the case may be) against the principal class only, but the outworkers should be assigned in
columns 3 and 4 (or 6 and 7) into their respective classes. A footnote should be added to show that this has been done.
†The figures required in columns 2, 3 and 4 are the total number of lists (received from employers who sent them both in February and August as required by the
Act) and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. They will, therefore, usually be double of the number of such employers and (approximately) double of the
number of individual outworkers whose names are given, since in the February and August lists of the same employer the same outworker's name will often be repeated.