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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
Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Home Work.
| NATURE OF WORK. | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Sec. 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sp.cs. 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions Sees. 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. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel — | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Making | 54 | 16 | 231 | 3 | - | 8 | 64 | — | — | 20 | 20 | — | 19 | - | - |
| (2) Cleansing and Washing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furniture and Upholstery | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Trades | 6 | 2 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| Total | 62 | 20 | 260 | 4 | - | 9 | 71 | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | 19 | - | — |
Note.—Of the 289 names included in this table, only 78 were of work people residing in Battersea, the remaining names being
those of workers residing outside the Borough, or being duplicate entries. The names of 196 additional Battersea workers
were included in the lists furnished by the Medical Officers of Health of other Boroughs. There were therefore 261 Battersea
home workers named in the lists sent in, of whom 237 remained on the register at the end of the year.