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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| NATURE OF WORKS | Section 110 | Section 111 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers in August list required 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 work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | ||
| Wearing apparel Making etc. | 973 | - | — | _ | — | _ | |
| Household linen | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Umbrellas etc. | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Artificial flowers | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brush making | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feather sorting | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Carding etc., of buttons etc. | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings etc. | 5 | - | - | - | - | -_ | |
| Lampshades | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTAL: | 1,109 | - | - | - | - | - | |
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 table sets out the detailed information supplied in the
official returns.
The number of firms employing outworkers in 1964 was 93
The number of Finsbury outworkers employed by them was 130
The number of non-Finsbury outworkers employed by them
was 2,029
The number of Finsbury outworkers employed by firms
outside the Borough was. 67
The total number of Finsbury outworkers employed by
firms in or outside the Borough was 197
(of these 68 were firms and 129 homeworkers)
Number of visits paid to homes 225
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