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City of London 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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some previous returns odd numbers nave been inserted. The figures in columns 3 and 4 will usually be (approximately) double of the number of individual outworkers whose
3.—Home Work
| NATURE OF WORK.* | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served; | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||||||
| Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | railing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | |||||||||||||||
| Lists.† | Outworkers. † | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (12) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | ||||
| Wearing Apparel— | ||||||||||||||||||
| making, &c | 1,135 | 3,781 | 6,954 | 38 | 100 | 125 | ||||||||||||
| cleaning and washing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Household Linen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lace, Lace. Curtains and Nets | ||||||||||||||||||
| Curtains and Furniture Hangings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Furniture and Upholstery | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | ||||||||||||||||||
| File making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brass and brass articles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fur pulling (Furriers) | 96 | 252 | 240 | 3 | — | 1,838 | ||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas, &c | 56 | 39 | 408 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Artificial Flowers | 7 | 101 | 7 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nets, other than Wire Nets | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tents | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sacks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet and Tennis Balls | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paper, &c., Boxes, Paper Bags | 11 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Brush making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pea picking | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feather sorting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carding, &c., of Buttons, &c | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | ||||||||||||||||||
| Basket making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chocolates and sweetmeats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, &c | ||||||||||||||||||
| Textile Weaving | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 4,087 | 7,714 | 41 | 103 | 126 | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | |||||
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| General Workshops | 1,781 | |
| Bakehouses (including Factory Bakehouses) | ||
| Total number of Workshops on Register | *1,796 |
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5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133, 1901) | 67 | |
| 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 1901). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 35 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 35 | |
| Other | — | |
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
| In use at the end of the year | ||
4(or 6 and 7)into there respective classes. A footnote should be added to show that this has been done. each year and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. The entries in column 2 must necessarily be even numbers, as there will be two lists for each employer— in
† The figur. , required in columns 2 3 and 4 are the number of the lists received from those employers who comply stricty with the statutory duty of sending two lists names are Riven, since in the February and August lists of the same employer the same outworker's name will often be repeated,
4.—Registered Workshops. 5—Other Matters.
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year.
Number.
Class.
(1)
(1)
(2)
Important classes 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, 1901)
67
General Workshops
1,781
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,
1901).
Notified by H.M. Inspector
35
Reports (of action taken) sent to
H.M. Inspector
35
Bakehouses (including Factory Bakehouses)
15
Other
—
Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :—
Certificates granted during the year
Nil.
Total number of Workshops on Register
*1,796
In use at the end of the year
12
Date, 31st December, 1926.
(Signature) W. M. WILLOUGHBY,
Acting Medical Officer of Health.
* These were found to be 2,813 Workrooms, &c., in places Registered.
Note.— The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (S. 132), requires the Medical Officer of Health in his Annual Report to the District Council to report specifically on theadministration of that Act in workshops and workplaces, and to send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State (Homo
Office). If the Annual Report is presented otherwise than in print, it is unnecessary to include in the copy sent to the Home Office, the portions which do not relate to factories, workshops 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
Memorandum of March, 1912.
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