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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
Hackney 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pound | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S. 3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) -(a) Insufficient | 5 | 4 | . | . | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 44 | 30 | - | 31 | 4 |
| (c) Not separate for sexes Other offences against the Act (not | - | ~ | ~ | ~ | " |
| including offences relating to outwork | - | - | _ | - | - |
| Total | 43 | 34 | - | 31 | 4 |
OUTWORKERS
The occupier of every factory or contractor employed by any such occupier
in the business of the factory is required to submit to the local authority
during February and August in each year, a list showing all the outworkers eraployed
by him during the previous six months.
Hie current list showed 89 Hackney firms as having employed 892 outworkers of whom 374 worked in Hackney:-
| Nature of Work | No. of outworkers in August list |
|---|---|
| Wearing apparel | 747 |
| Household linen | 1 |
| Brass articles | 3 |
| Iron and steel chains | |
| Artificial flowers | 4 |
| Paper bags | |
| Making of boxes | 71 |
| Brush making | 9 |
| Feather sorting | 1 |
| Carding of buttons | 36 |
| Total | 892 |
There were no instances of an employer failing to send a list nor of work
being done in unwholesome premises.
If an outworker appearing on this list works from premises situated in
another area, the local authority concerned is informed by the authority receiving
the list from the factory. In this way it is possible to ascertain how
many residents in Hackney are doing outwork. Lists received from other local
authorities show 220 Hackney outworkers employed by firms outside the Borough.
The type of home work carried out by outworkers is listed below:-
| Wearing apparel | 456 | Artificial flowers | |
| Household linen | 13 | Making of boxes.. | 69 |
| Curtains | Brush making | 4 | |
| Furniture and upholstery | 4 | Feather sorting.. | 1 |
| Brass articles | 9 | Carding of buttons | |
| Iron and steel chains | 3 | Stuffed toys | 1 |
| Umbrellas | 3 | 594 |