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As regards Home Work, the powers given to district
Councils of controlling the conditions under which certain
classes of work are done in the homes of workers are important.
These powers have for their object the prevention
of home work being done (i) in dwellings which are injurious
or dangerous to the health of the workers themselves, e.g.,
through overcrowding, want of ventilation, or other sanitary
conditions; (iij in premises where there is dangerous infectious
disease.
In order that the Council may be fully informed as to
home workers, the Act provides that all manufacturers
should send to the local Authority the names and addresses
of the out-workers whom they employ, in August and
February of each year.
Three cases of infectious diseases were reported on the
premises of out-workers during the year.
In seventeen instances notices were served as to the
condition of the premises in which home workers were
employed and all have been complied with.