Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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3.—Home Work.
The only matter to report under this heading is the receipt of the following lists of
outworkers for employers sending twice in the year:—16 in respect of the making, etc., of
wearing apparel, comprising the names of 63 outworkers (contractors) and 7.3 outworkers
(workmen), and 1 in respect of upholstering, containing the names of 3 outworkers (workmen).
4.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (Sec. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
---|---|
(1) | (2) |
Bakehouses | 102 |
Restaurant kitchens | 376 |
Laundries | 23 |
Domestic workshops | — |
Other workshops where women are employed | 482 |
Other workshops | 831 |
Total number of workshops on Register | 1814 |
5.—Other Matters.
Class | Number. |
---|---|
(1) | (2) |
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | - |
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 by H.M. Inspector | 33 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 33 |
In regard to workshops where protected persons have been found to be employed (Public Health (London) Act, 1891, section 27) | 14 |
Underground bakehouses (s. 101):— | |
Certificates granted during the year | - |
In use at the end of the year | 86 |