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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
St Pancras 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Part VIII of the Act.
Outworkers.
In certain industries specified in the Act, if work is given out by employers or contractors
to be done by workers in their own homes, lists containing the names and addresses of such
workers must be forwarded to the Local Authority, with the object of preventing work being
carried out in premises which are insanitary or in which infectious disease is present.
The following table gives the number and type of such premises in the borough, and the nature of the work carried out:—
| Wearing apparel— | |
| Making, etc. | 371 |
| Cleaning and washing | 5 |
| Household linen | 8 |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | 2 |
| Furniture and upholstery | 3 |
| Electro-plate | 9 |
| Fur pulling | 1 |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 2 |
| Artificial flowers | 3 |
| Paper bags | 2 |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 7 |
| Brush making | 23 |
| Feather sorting | 4 |
| Stuffed toys | 131 |
| Chocolates and sweetmeats | 3 |
| Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc. | 2 |
| Lampshades | 1 |
| Total | 577 |
There were no instances of default in sending lists to the Council, nor was legal action
taken in any case.