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City of London 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| NATURE OF WORK. * (1) | OUTWORKERS LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110. | ||||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Addresses of Outworkers. | Prosecutions. | Inspections of Outworkers' premises. (12) | Instances. (13) | Notices served. (14) | Prosecutions. (15) | Instances. (16) | Orders made (S. 110). (17) | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110) (18) | ||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Received from other Councils. (8) | Forwarded to other Councils. (9) | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. (10) | Failing to send lists. (11) | ||||||||||||
| Lists. (2) | Outworkers,+ | Lists. | Outworkers.+ | ||||||||||||||
| Contractors. (3) | Workmen. (4) | Contractors. (6) | Workmen, (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) making, &c. | 1,192 | (Feb.,1,143)(Aug,.1,123)2,266 | (Feb.,6,189)(Aug,.6,371)12,560 | 114 | 185 | 623 | I 149 | 15,380 | 8 | 234 | |||||||
| (2) cleaning and washing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lace, Lace Curtains and Nets | 4 | {Feb,.70')(Aug,. 60} 130 | 2 | 69 | 195 | ||||||||||||
| Artificial Flowers | |||||||||||||||||
| Nets, other than Wire Nets | |||||||||||||||||
| Tents | |||||||||||||||||
| Sacks | |||||||||||||||||
| Furniture and Upholstery | 2 | (feb,. 9)(Ang,. 9) 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Fur pulling (Furriers) | 54 | Feb,.72) (Aug,.86) 158 | Feb,.72) (Aug,.86) 158 277 | 1 | 2 | 4 | l0 | 4: | |||||||||
| Feather sorting | (Aug, 144/ | 18 | 404 | ||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas, &c. ... | 38 | Feb., 22 1 Aug., 25 J | (Feb, 211) 415 Aug, 204 410 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 490 | 18 | ||||||||
| Carding, &c„ of Buttons, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Paper Bags and Boxes | 2 | (Feb, 21, | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Basket making | |||||||||||||||||
| Brush making | 6 | (Feb, 39) 7r | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Racquet and Tennis Balls... | ( AUg«> ) | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | |||||||||||||||||
| File making | |||||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | * | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains... | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear ... | |||||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys ... | |||||||||||||||||
| Pea picking | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ... | 1,298 | 2,475 | 13,475 | 128 | 189 | 729 | 193 | 16,570 | 9 | 259 | |||||||
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| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | ClaeB | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) | (1) | (2) | |||
| Important clases of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :— | ||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 93 | ||||
| General Workshops | 3,112 | 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 | 21 | |
| Workshop Bakehouses (including two Factory Bakehouses) | 31 | 21 | |||
| Other | 2 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 3,143 | Certificates granted during the year | |||
| In use at the end of the year | 23 | ||||
ft Dated 31 st December, 1907. {Signature) W. COLLINGRIDGE, Medical Officer of Health.
Note.—The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (S. 132), requires the Medical Officer of Health in his Annual Report to the District I . , , , , „„, , - u<« Annual Renort or so
much of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State (Home Office). If the Annual Report is presented otherwise than in print it is I Council to report specifically on the administration of that Act in workshops and workplaces, and to sent i I- Hun, hies workplaces
or homework. The duties of Local Authorities and the Medical Officer of Health under the Act of 1901 are detailed in the Home Office I unnccessaiy to include in the copy sent to the Home Office the portions which do not relate to factories, I > • • P
Councils and Medical Officers of Health in October, 1906. m ttle Home OHlce ■ Memorandum of December, 1904. A further Memorandum, on the Home Work Provisions of the Factory Act, was issued to all District