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St Pancras 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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(No. 44.) FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1878-1891.
(Gazetted 4th November, 1892).
Order of Secretary of State requiring Occupiers of certain Factories and Workshops to keep Lists of Outworkers.
WHEREAS by Section 27 (1) of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891, it is enacted that:—
"The occupier of every factory and workshop (including any workshop conducted on the system of not including any child, young person,
or woman therein) and every contractor employed by any such occupier in the business of the factory or workshop shall if so required by the
Secretary of State by an Order made in accordance with Section 65 of the principal Act, and subject to any exceptions mentioned in the Order,
keep in the prescribed form and with the prescribed particulars lists showing the names of all persons directly employed bv him, either as workman
or as contractor, in the business of the factory or workshop, outside the factory or workshop, and the places where they are employed, and every
such list shall be open to inspection by any inspector under the principal Act or by any officer of a Sanitary Authority."
Now I, the Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith. one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, by this Order, made under Section 65 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, and Section 27 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891, require the occupier of every factory and workshop (including any
workshop conducted on the system of not employing any child, young person, or woman therein , and every contractor employed by any such occupier in any of
the businesses mentioned in the schedule hereunder, to keep in the form and with the particulars hereunder prescribed, lists showing the names of all persons
directly employed by him, either as workman or as contractor, in the said business outside the factory or workshop, and the places where they are employed, and
every such list shall be open to inspection by any inspector under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, or by any officer of a Sanitary Authority.
The order of the 18th July, 1892, under the above recited enactments, is hereby revoked.
This order shall come into effect on the twentieth day of November, 1892, and shall continue in force until revoked.
Whitehall, 31st October, 1892. HERBERT H. ASQUITH.
SCHEDULE.
The Manufacture of Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Thi Manufacture of Electro Plate.
Cabinet and Furniture Making and Upholstery Work.
The Manufacture of Files.
Out-Workers
Form for use of Occupier.
Form Prescribed by the Secretary of State
Factory and Workshop Act, 54 & 55 Vict., o. 75, s. 27.
(OUT-WORKERS).
Address of Factory or Workshop
Name of Occupier of Factory or Workshop
Business Carried on
Names of persons employed by the OCCUPIER outside the Factory (or Workshop),
in the business of the Factory (or Workshop), and places where
they are employed, viz.:—
A.—Persons so employed as workmen.
Christian and Surname. Place where employed.
B.—Persons so employed as Contractors.
Christian and Surname. Place where employed.
NOTE.—In order that these lists may be correct lists of persons employed at
anv given time, it will be necessary that the name of any person newly
taken into employment should be immediately entered, and the name of
any person ceasing to be employed should be immediately struck through.
Out-Workers.
Form for use of Contractor.
Form Prescribed by the Secretary of State.
Factory and Workshop Act. 54 & 55 Mot., o. 75, s. 27.
(OUT-WORKERS).
Address of Factory or Workshop
Name of Occupier of Factory or Workshop
Business carried on
Names of persons who are employed outside the Factory (or Workshop), in the
business of the Factory (or Workshop), by A. B.,
a CONTRACTOR with the Occupier and placcs where they are employed,
viz: A.—Persons so employed as workmen.
Christian and Surname. Place where employed.
B.—Persons so employed as Contractors.
Christian and Surname. Place where employed.
NOTE.—In order that these lists may be correct lists of persons employed at
any given time, it will be necessary that the name of any person newly
taken into employment should be immediately entered, and the name of
any person ceasing to be employed should be immediately struck out.