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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—: | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act | 135 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts but not under the Factory and Workshop Act— | |
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 94 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 94 |
| Other | 4 |
| Workrooms measured | 562 |
| Underground bakehouses— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | — |
| ,, refused ,, | — |
| In use at the end of the year | 68 |
Outworkers.—Firms giving out work in certain trades are required
to send in a list twice a year of those they employ. Outworkers
are constantly changing their addresses and their employers, so that
it is difficult to maintain a correct register. Less trouble has been
experienced in getting in the lists since the Council adopted the plan
of sending a printed form to all known or likely employers to be filled
up by them. Notices were sent to 72 employers for failing to send in
lists, one prosecution was undertaken; the list was sent in before the
hearing of the case, but the employer was ordered to pay 23s. costs. In
addition 44 visits of enquiry to ascertain if outworkers were employed
were made by the women inspectors.
The accompanying table gives the details of the returns made in
Westminster in 1913. 716 lists, containing 9,192 names and addresses,
were sent in by employers; 4,747 addresses were sent to other local
authorities in whose jurisdiction lived persons to whom work, chiefly
tailoring, is sent from Westminster to be done in other boroughs; 414
addresses were received of persons in Westminster taking in work from
other boroughs. They were distributed thus:—
Council.
Sent from
Westminster.
Received by
Westminster.
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.
Aug.
Council.
Sent from
Westminster.
Received by
Westminster.
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.
Aug.
Acton 12 10 - - Billingshurst 1 1 - -
Barnes - 2 - - Broadstairs 1 1 - -
Barnet 1 - - - Bromley 1 1 - -
Battersea 71 68 1 - Bulverton 1 - - -
Beckenham - 1 - - Camberwell 32 34 - -
Bedfont 1 1 - - Charlton Kings 1 1 - -
Bedford 1 2 - - Chelsea 13 10 39 48
Bermondsey 4 2 - - Chiswick 2 4 - -
Bethnal Green 11 11 - 1 City of London 12 10 32 40