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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 1949
[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. | 507 |
| Household linen | 18 |
| Lace, Lace curtains and nets | 5 |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | 4 |
| Furniture and upholstery | 6 |
| Brass and brass articles | 18 |
| Fur pulling | 3 |
| Artificial flowers | 6 |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 27 |
| Brush making | 6 |
| Feather sorting | 9 |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc | 6 |
| Stuffed toys | 8 |
| Basket making | 1 |
| Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc. | 18 |
| Lampshades | 12 |
| Total | 654 |
There was one instance of default in sending lists to the Council, and legal action was
taken. A fine of £2 was imposed upon the defaulter and £5 5s. costs awarded to the Borough
Council.
Letters were sent in each of seven cases (stuffed toys), where work was found to be
carried on in unwholesome premises, and the outwork ceased.