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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
Finsbury 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| ParticularsNature of Work | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers in August list reguired by Sect. 110 (i) (c) | No of cases of default in sending ' lists to the Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No of instances of r/orkin unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing apparel Making etc. | 1176 | - | - | - | - | • |
| Household linen | 12 | - | - | - | • | - |
| Umbrellas etc. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artificial flowers | 17 | - | - | - | • | - |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8rush making | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feather sorting | 35 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carding etc. of buttons etc. | 52 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings etc. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
The information supplied, which it must be remembered does not
embrace all forms of outwork, is of use in that it enables some
supervision of the home circumstances.
The following tables set out the detailed information supplied in the official returns:-
| The number of firms employing outworkers in 1962 was | 117 |
| The number of Finsbury outworkers employed by them was | 174 |
| The number of non-Finsbury outworkers employed by them was | 2,938 |
| The number of Finsbury outworkers employed by firms outside the Borough was | 39 |
| The total number of Finsbury outworkers employed by firms in or outside the Borough was | 263 |
(of these 80 were firms and 183 homeworkers)
The registers of outworkers which firms are required to maintain
are inspected as part of the routine during the inspections of the
factories concerned.
Number of visits paid to homes - 385.
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