[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1909]
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    131 are employed), that the principal defects found are dirty workrooms, dirty sanitary appliances, defective flushing tanks to closets, defective closets, and defective dustbins. Overcrowding was only found in 13 cases—in each instance being slight. OUT-VVORKEKS. The work commenced by the Female Inspector in 1903, and continued during 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 connected with the visiting and inspecting of out-workers premises and homes (situated within the Borough of Lambeth), has been further continued during 1908. This is a special duty devolving upon the Be rough Council under Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, under which Orders (known as the Home-work Orders) have been made by the Home Secretary (vide Annual Re ports, 1903, pp. 118-122 and 1905 pp. 125-126). The latest Order is 1907 (May 23rd), and it replaces the Order of August 15th, 1905. The new Order enlarges the list of special trades to which Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, apply, by the addition of the following :—Artificial flowers, nets, other than wire nets; tents; sacks; covering of racquet or tennis balls; boxes of cardboard, ship, or similar mater'al; pea-picking ; feather sorting ; the carding, boxing, or packeting of buttons, hooks anl eyes, pins and hairpins; and baskets. During 1903-8, a total of 947 out-workers' premises have been inspected and registered (202 during 1908), connected with the following trades and businesses :— i 2