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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
Holborn 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XI.—continued. 3.—HOME WORK.
| NATURE OF WORK.1 | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances . | Orders made (S. no) | Prosecutions (Sections 109,110) | |||||||
| Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists † | Outworkers, f | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (?) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (ii) | (12) | C3) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Wearing Apparel— (1) Making, &c. | 88 | 223 | 280 | 5 | 10 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (2) Cleaning and washing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Household Linen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lace, Lace Curtains and Nets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Curtains and Furniture | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hangings | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Furniture and Upholstery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electro Plate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| File making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brass and Brass Articles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fur pulling | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cables and Chains | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anchors and Grapnels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cart Gear | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Locks, Latches and Keys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Umbrellas, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artificial Flowers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nits, other than Wire Nets.. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sacs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Racquet and Tennis Balls | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paper Bags and Boxes | 2 | — | 27 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brush making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pea Picking | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feather sorting | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carding, &c., of Buttons, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stuffed Toys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basket making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 90 | 223 | 307 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* if an occupier gives out work of more than one of the classes specified in column 1, and sub-divides his list in such a way as to show 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 column 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 those employers who comply strictly with the statutory duty of sending two lists each year and of the entries of
names of outworkers in those lists. The entries in column 2 must necessarily be even numbers, as there will be two lists for each employer-—in some previous returns odd numbers have been inserted. The
figures in columns 3 and 4 will usually be 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.