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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
Chelsea 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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3.—HOME WORK.
| NATURE OF WORK.1 | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | |||||||||||||
| Sending twice in the Year. | Sending once in the Year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sees. 109, 110) | ||||||||||
| Lists.† | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c. | 60 | 228 | 414 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (2) Cleaning and washing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Household linen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Furniture and upholstery | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Electro-plate | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| File making; Brass & brass articles | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fur pulling | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cables & chains; Anchors & grapnels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cart gear; Locks, latches and keys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Umbrellas, &c. | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artificial flowers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nets other than wire nets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tents; Sacks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Racquet and tennis balls | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paper, etc., boxes, paper bags | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brush making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pea picking | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feather sorting | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Carding, &c., of buttons, Ac. | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Stuffed toys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basket making | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Processes incidental to the above . | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 60 | 295 | 424 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* 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 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 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 the 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 Februarv and August lists of the same employer the me name will often be repeated.