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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
Greenwich 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Nature of work | Section 133 | Section 134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect. 133 (1) (c) | No. of cases of default in sending list to the Council | No. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwhole-some premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing Making apparel etc. | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Linen | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lampshades | 63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Braid | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wig Manufacture | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dolls' Clothes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cardboxes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 111 | — | — | — | — | — |
Outworkers—In the last return made by employers of labour,
the total number of outworkers in the Borough was shown to be
111, compared with 71 in 1968. Local firms employ 72% of these
outworkers, the remainder being employed by firms in various
parts of the country
Periodical inspections of the outworkers homes are made by
the Council's Public Health Inspectors. Altogether 133 such
visits were made in 1969 to ensure that the home working
conditions were satisfactory.
Local industry also employs 73 outworkers who reside outside
the Borough.
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises, Act, 1963
The broad purpose of this Act which, for the purpose of registration
came into force on 1st August, 1964, is to give office and shop
workers standards of working conditions and safety as favourable
as those which apply to factory workers under the Factories Act,
1961.
A statistical summary of the Annual Report, as forwarded to
the Minstry of Labour in respect of the work carried out during
1969, is given in the following tables:—