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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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3.—HOME WORK
| NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, section 108. | Outwork in infected premises, sections 109, 110. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Prosecutions. | 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. | Out-Workers. | Lists. | Out-Workers. | |||||||||
| Textile weaving | 9 | 46 | 4 | 11 | – | – | 11 | 15 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Wearing Apparel—Making, &c. | 64 | 1815 | 12 | 362 | – | – | 365 | 562 | – | 10 | – | – |
| Furniture and upholstery | 7 | 76 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Umbrellas, &c | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 28 | – | – | – | – |
| Canvas Work (Military) | – | – | 1 | 82 | – | – | 8 | 14 | – | 6 | – | – |
| Paper, &c., boxes, paper bags | 11 | 407 | 2 | 37 | – | – | 132 | 179 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Brush making | 4 | 495 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 56 | – | – | – | – |
| Carding, &c., of buttons, &c. | 1 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Leather Goods (Fancy) | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 99 | 2876 | 19 | 492 | – | – | 584 | 673 | – | 18 | – | – |
4. Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register's. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Workshops, including Laundries | 2,333 |
| Food Premises | 233 |
| Bakehouses | 85 |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 2,651 |
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) | 11 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but net under the Factory and Workshop Act(s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 68 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 68 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | – | |
| In use at the end of the year | 26 | |