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Workplaces.
This term is not defined in the Factory Act, nor in the Public.
Health Act, and it is sometimes exceedingly difficult to decide whether
certain places are or are not "workplaces." During the year, 1,204
inspections were made of all the "workplaces" in the Borough, and 18
notices were served. Among the more important workplaces are the
kitchens of restaurants, coffee-houses, &c., and the number of these
places in Hampstead at the close of 1914 was 67.
The list of restaurant kitchens, etc., will be found on page 47-48, in
the section dealing with " Food."
Home Work.
The Factory Act provides that in certain trades, to be specified by
the Home Secretary, the employers shall send to the Sanitary Authority
twice a year lists giving the names and addresses of the out-workers
employed by them. The Home Secretary has from time to time specified
certain trades to which these provisions apply.
The number of lists received from employers was 109, and the
number of addresses contained in the lists was 281. In those instances
where it was found that the addresses were outside Hampstead, in
accordance with the Act, they were sent to the Medical Officers of Health
of their respective districts.
The total number of out-workers' premises in Hampstead is 71.
Of these, 5 are factories, 39 are workshops (15 of these being domestic
workshops), 1 is a workplace, and in 26 cases only a single worker is
employed on the premises.
The five tables that follow have been framed by the Home Secretary
" for the guidance and convenience of Medical Officers of Health in
preparing that part of their Annual Report which relates to factories,
workshops, workplaces, and homework. "
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.