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Stoke Newington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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4—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | N umber | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bake houses, may be enumerated here | Miscellaneous | 218 |
| Bakehouses | 23 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 241 | |
5—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s 133) | 16 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified to H.M. Inspector | 5 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 5 | |
| Other | 2 | |
| Underground-Bakehouses (s. 101)— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | Nil | |
| In use at the end of the year | 18 | |
During the year the homes of all out-workers have been
inspected. Sometimes in these home-workrooms the most unsatisfactory
conditions under which industrial employment is maintained
are to be found, and our existing powers are insufficient,
in some respects, to bring about the necessary improvements. The
lighting, for instance, is often most unsatisfactory where basement
rooms are used. It is true that we rarely find more than
one or two engaged as out-workers in any one room, but when
these work close to the window of a small basement room, and
thus obtain sufficient light for working purposes, the rest of the
room, sometimes occupied by children and others, is very poorly
lighted, and this may be bad for them both from the standpoint
of vision and of general health. Moreover, the available light,
which is little enough, is often reduced on account of the windows