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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

Bethnal Green 1911

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: 3.— HOME WORK.

3.— HOME WORK.

NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Number of Inspections and Re-inspections of Outworkers' Premises.OUTWORK IN UNWHOLE-SOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110.
Lists received from EmployersNames and Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.Names and Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other CouncilsProsecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (Section 110).Prosecutions (Sections 109,110).
Twice in the year.Once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists
Lists.OutworkersLists.Outworkers
Wearing Apparel—
(1) Making, &c., Embroidery, Waterproofs, Weaving1281972793.................................
(2) Gleaning and washing230.......................................
Household linen24.......................................
Lace, lace curtains and nets244.......................................
Furniture and upholstery847250.................................
Paper bags and boxes2454812.................................
Cigar boxes2312.................................
Brush making865418.................................
Carding, Ac., of buttons, Ac.216.......................................
Total178331812155.................................

Table: 4.—Registered Workshops.

4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
Workshops, including Laundries1,910
Workplaces211
Bakehouses92
Total numbers of workshops on Register2,213

Table: 5.—Other Matters.

5.—Other Matters.

Class.Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)20
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory & Workshop Act (s. 5)Notified by H.M. Inspector50
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector53
Other4
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— In use at the end of year26