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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
Barnes 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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3.—HOMEWORK.
| NATURE OF WORK. | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES (SEC. 108). | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES (SECS. 109, 110). | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||||||||||
| (1) making, &c. | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (2) cleaning & washing Lace, lace curtains & nets Furniture and Upholstery Fur pulling | |||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas | |||||||||||||||
| Paper Bags and Boxes | |||||||||||||||
| Brush making | |||||||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | |||||||||||||||
| File making | |||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | |||||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains | |||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | |||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear | |||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 19 | - | - | — | — | — | — | |
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses. may he enumerated here. | Laundries | 22 |
| Dressmakers | 23 | |
| Shoemakers | 26 | |
| Bakehouses | 13 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 155 | |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | - | |
| 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 | - |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | - | |
| Other | — | |
| Underground bakehouses (S. 101)— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 5 | |