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Kensington 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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III.—Home Work.

NATURE OF WORK.1OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Inspections of Outworkers premises.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
Lists received from Employers.Addresses of Outworkers.§Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (S. 110).Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
Twice in the year.Once in the yearReceived from other Coun-cils.‡Forwarded to other Councils.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
Lists.†Outworkers †Lists.Outworkers.
Contractors.Workmen.ContractorsWorkmen.
1.23.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.
Wearing Apparel—
(1) making, etc.981288324...1035577531......11433...8......
(2) cleaning and washing2695111151612......6..................
Lace, lace curtains and nets......................................................
Artificial flowers......................................................
Nets, other than wire nets......................................................
Tents......................................................
Sacks......................................................
Furniture and Upholstery4...9......4......1...........................
Fur pulling......................................................
Feather sorting......................................................
Umbrellas, etc.......................................................
Carding, etc., of buttons, etc.......................................................
Paper Bags and Boxes......................................................
Basket making......................................................
Brush making......................................................
Racquet and tennis balls......................................................
Stuffed Toys......................................................
File making......................................................
Electro Plate......................................................
Cables and Chains......................................................
Anchors and Grapnels......................................................
Cart Gear......................................................
Locks, Latches and Keys......................................................
Pea picking.........................................................
Total128137892711536079844......12133...8......

* If an occupier gives out work of more than one of the classes specified in column X, and sub-divides 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 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 February and August
lists of the same employer the same outworker's name will often be repeated.
‡ In addition 11 addresses were received in error from other Councils and returned to the respective Councils.
§ In view of the wide discrepancies found to exist between the totals in the two columns when the returns are added together, it is desired that care may be taken to give exact figures.
Only those addresses should be counted which have actually been received from or forwarded to other Councils during the year covered by the report.