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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
Bethnal Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107 | *Outworkers in un-wholesome pre-mises, Section 108 | Outwork in infected pre-mises, Sec-tions 109,110 | ||||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers | Addresses of Outworkers | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists | Prosecu-tions | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions | Instances | Orders made (s. 110) | Prosecutions (s. 109, 110) | ||||||||
| Sending twice in the year | Sending once in the year | ||||||||||||||||
| Failing to keep or per-mit inspection of lists | Failing to send lists | ||||||||||||||||
| Lists | Outworkers | Lists | Outworkers | Received from other Councils | Forwarded to other Councils | ||||||||||||
| Con-tractors | Work-men | Contractors | Work-men | ||||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel- | |||||||||||||||||
| Making, etc. | 64 | 86 | 199 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 894 | 184 | 67 | ... | ... | 59 | 71 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Boots and Shoes | 26 | 35 | 203 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 125 | 161 | 25 | ... | ... | 38 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Curtains, Furniture hang-ings and Trimmings | 4 | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 13 | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Fur-pulling and feathers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 4 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Artificial Flowers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Paper, etc., Boxes, Paper Bags | 16 | ... | 149 | 2 | ... | 7 | 112 | 36 | 17 | ... | ... | 59 | 76 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Brush-making | 8 | ... | 237 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 198 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Draught Board Making | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. | 2 | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 29 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Textile Weaving | 2 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Toys | 2 | ... | 163 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 105 | 2 | ... | ... | 18 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 130 | 139 | 1035 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 1212 | 728 | 126 | ... | ... | 219 | 262 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| * The figures in these columns relate to outworkers' premises at which nuisances were found and dealt with under Public Health (London) Act. | |||||||||||||||||