[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3, 4, 5-—OTHER MATTERS. Number of Homework :— List of Outworkers (S. 107) :— (No homeworkers on our register except amongst those engaged in making wearing apparel) * Lists received twice in the year ,, once in the year Addresses of \ received from other Authorities outworkers I forwarded to other Authorities Notices to occupiers as to keeping or sending lists Prosecutions Inspection of Homeworkers’ premises . . Homework in unwholesome premises :— Instances Notices Prosecutions Homework in infected premises :— Instances Orders made (S. no) Prosecutions (SS. 109, no) [Infectious cases removed, disinfection both of places and material carried out under ordinary powers.] Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of year :— Ordinary (190 trades) Domestic (3 trades) Bakehouses on register as workshops Do. domestic Total number of workshops on Register . . Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5). Other Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— Certificates granted during the year In use at the end of 1918 Notified by H.M. Inspector Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors.. Lists. Outworkers. c. W. 334 22 522 r4 737 33 114 13 427 377 1,607 4 172 520 2,303 94 Two of the above lists (containing 3 workpeople) received twice a year homeworkers engaged in sack making. All others in .wearing apparel. The above table is that required by the Home Office and represents work done by the male workshops inspector and by the women inspectors. *