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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
Finsbury 1911
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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OTHER MATTERS.
| Matters notified to H. M. Inspector of Factories Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133 | 66 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H. M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 5) Notified by H. M. Inspector | 45 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector | 45 |
| Other | 50 |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— Certificates granted during the year | None |
| In use at the end of the year | 34 |
Registered Workshops.—The workshops on the Register at
the end of the year were in connection with the following trades:
Clocks and Watches 118, Jewellery 97, Cabinet Making and
Polishing 76, Leather Goods and Trunks 62, Tailoring and Clothing
61, Engraving, Embossing, and Chasing 60, Provisions, Bacon,
Grocery and Food Preparation 52, Building Trades 44, and Furriers
and Skin Dressers 41 workshops. There were in addition 1,349
workshops, making a grand total of 1,960.
Outworkers and Homeworkers.—At the end of 1911 there
were on the register the names of 585 homeworkers consisting of
38 men and 547 women. During the year 120 names were
removed. Four died, 93 left the district, and 23 gave up homework.
Fifty of the homeworkers, returned on employers' lists,
could not be traced because the stated addresses were incorrect.
Of the whole number, 585, who were visited, two men and
16 women were over 70 years; six men and 47 women were
between 60 and 70 years.
The oldest homeworker was a man aged 86—very bent and
engaged in making wicker flasks.