London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
This page requires JavaScript
3.— H 0 M E WORK.
| NATURE OF WORK. | OUTWORKERS' LISTS. SECTION 107. | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises | OUTWORK. IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108 | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils | 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 | |||||||||||||
| . (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | |
| Wearing Apparel— | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c. | 24 | 803 | 27 | 174 | 1,179 | 474 | – | 6 | 350 | |||||||
| (2) Cleaning and Washing | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lace, Lace Curtains and Nets Furniture and Upholstery | ||||||||||||||||
| Fur Pulling | ||||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas | ||||||||||||||||
| Paper Bags and Boxes | – | – | – | – | 7 | |||||||||||
| Brush Making | – | – | – | – | 27 | |||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | ||||||||||||||||
| File Making | ||||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains | ||||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | ||||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear | ||||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 26 | 817 | 27 | 174 | 1,213 | 474 | – | 6 | 350 | |||||||
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year (1) | Number (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | 463 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 463 | |
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class (1) | Number (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H. M. Inspector of Factories:— | 79 | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 76 | |
| 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 | 13 |
| Reports (of action taken I sent to H.M. Inspector.. | 12 | |
| Other | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | ||
| In use at the end of the year | 46 | |
c