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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
Acton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse | — | — | — |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for "Bakehouses | 5 | 6 | — |
| Other Offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — |
| (Prosecutions—Nil). Total | 355 | 355 | — |
3—Home Work.
Outworkers' Lists, Sections 107, 108, 109 and 110.
| 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 | |||||||||
| Sending twice in the year | Sending once in the year | |||||||||
| Outworkers | Outworkers | |||||||||
| Lists | Contract's | Workmen | Lists | Contract's | Workmen | Instances | Notices served | Instances | ||
| Wearing Apparel— | ||||||||||
| (1) making, &c | 26 | 2 | 79 | 4 | — | 15 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| (2) cleaning and washing | 18 | 8 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 49 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Brush making | 2 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Stuffed toys | 2 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 10 | 193 | 17 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
4—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year: | |
| Laundries | 205 |
| Dressmaking | 32 |
| Millinery | 7 |
| Tailoring | 8 |
| Bakehouses | 27 |
| Others | 70 |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 349 |