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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton.
Lists of out-workers have been obtained from all workshops
employing the same, and notices have been
forwarded to the various authorities of the districts
where they reside. The order made by the Home Secretary
in 1892, under this act, has been to a very large
extent inoperative as such a large proportion of
outworkers resides outside the boundary of the district
from which they receive their work. In our case we
have endeavoured to carry out the order. The working
of it has been, however entirely one-sided, as we
have not received a single notice from any outside
authority, of any outworkers residing in our district, and
we know there must be many such.
All the bake-houses have been inspected twice during
the year, and were found in a satisfactory condition with
the exception of 5 cases in which notices were served, and
the necessary cleaning done.
All the cow-houses and slaughter-houses were inspected
in the autumn, and no objection was taken to
the renewal of their licenses.
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.—Under this
Act we have been able to deal with a group of houses
situated in Gardners Lane, called Wickam's Rents. These
tenements were both structurally and sanitarily so bad,
that steps were taken under the act to have them closed.
They have now been nearly all demolished, and new
houses are being erected on the site.
Under the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, I
received only 1 application for a certificate of exemption
from the Inhabited House Duty. I inspected the block
of houses referred, and was able to give the required
certificate.