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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
City of Westminster 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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to send in a list of those they employ. Outworkers are constantly
changing their addresses and their employers, so that it is difficult to
maintain a correct register.
The following return is required by the Home Office:—
C.—List of Outworkers (Sec. 107).
| Class of Homework. | 1904. Number of Lists Received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due 1st February. | Due 1st August, | Forwarded to Other Authorities. | Received from Other Authorities. | |||||
| Number of Lists. | Number of Outworkers. | Number of Lists. | Number of Outworkers. | Due 1st February. | Due 1st August. | Due 1st February. | Due 1st August. | |
| Wearing apparel - | ||||||||
| Tailoring | 194 | 2,810 | 203 | 2,893 | 150 | 200 | 130 | 120 |
| Dressmaking | 41 | 650 | 42 | 654 | 120 | 130 | 40 | 47 |
| Drapery | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Bootmaking | 2 | 48 | 2 | 48 | 34 | 30 | — | — |
| Gold lace | 1 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 27 | — | — |
| Capmaking | _ | _ | 1 | 10 | _ | _ | _ | — |
| Lace | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — . | ||
| Cabinet making | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fur pulling | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 240 | 3,626 | 251 | 3,642 | 340 | 394 | 172 | 169 |
| Total. | ||||||||
| Number of outworkers (persons) on register at end of year 1904 | 3,811 | |||||||
| Number of outworkers' premises on register at end of year 1904 | 2,320 | |||||||
| Total number of outworkers (persons) dealt with during the year 1904 | 4,053 | |||||||
| Total number of outworkers' premises dealt with during the year 1904 | 2,664 | |||||||
| Number of notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (Sec. 108) | - | |||||||
| Number of cases of infectious disease notified in home workers' premises | 15 | |||||||
| Number of Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (Sec. 110) | — | |||||||
Up to the time of the appointment of the Women Inspectors,
inspection of outworkers' premises has only been made so far as the
District Inspectors have been able to include it in their ordinary work.
Since autumn, however, the Women Inspectors have been able to deal
with this.