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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| nature of work | outworkers' lists, section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Sec. 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Secs. 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 (Secs. 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. | Workers. | Contractors. | Workers. | ||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel- | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Making | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| (2) Cleansing & Washing | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Furniture and Upholstery | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other Trades | 2 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Note.—The 161 names in this table include only 45 workpeople residing in Battersea, the remaining names being either
duplicates or those of workers residing outside the Borough. The names of 105 additional Battersea outworkers were included in the
lists furnished by Medical Officers of Health of other Boroughs. There were, therefore. 150 Battersea home-workers named in the lists.