Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The nature of the work given out to the166 home workers on the register is as follows :—
Tailoring | 56 |
Dressmaking | 40 |
Hand knitting | 20 |
Bootmaking | 16 |
Linen working | 12 |
Outfitting | 8 |
Fancy goods | 5 |
Drapery | 4 |
Blouse making | 4 |
Dyeing and cleaning | 1 |
166 |
No instance of infectious disease occurring in premises where home work is carried on was reported
during the year.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including factory laundries) | 865 | 66 | — |
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1,465 | 58 | — |
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 231 | 14 | — |
Totals | 2,561 | 138 | — |
Number of defects. | Number of prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Particulars. | Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 98 | 94 | 2 | — |
Want of ventilation | 10 | 10 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 79 | 72 | 2 | _ |
Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
Insufficient | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 100 | 83 | _ | _ |
Not separate for sexes | 6 | 4 | — | - |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | 4 | 4 | ||
Totals | 301 | 269 | 4 | — |
III.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises (Section 108). No case came to my notice during the year of outwork being carried on in unwholesome premises.