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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
Bermondsey 1915
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915
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IV.—FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In Table X. of the Appendix will be found particulars of the
inspections of factories and workshops, and in the following table
particulars regarding the trades and persons employed in connection
with workshops. There were 328 workshops on the Register
in 1915. Including bakehouses, of which there were 70 in use, the
total is 398.
Owing to war conditions and the placing of large contracts with
firms in this Borough, there has been an enormous increase in female
labour. This has had great influence on social conditions of the
working classes, and if they can be instructed how to spend the
extra money now earned wisely, the general result ought to be
beneficial. I hope to refer to this subject at greater length in my
next Annual Report.
OUTWORKERS.
There were 549 outworkers on the Register at the end of 1915.
83 lists were sent in by firms in this Borough employing outworkers.
Table X. of the Appendix shows the various trades followed by
outworkers in this district.