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In addition to the routine work of the inspector, systematic
inspection has been made of the factories, workshops and workplaces
in an area bounded by Goswell Road on the west, Old Street
on the south, and Shoreditch and Islington Boundaries on the northeast,
excepting some part done in 1902. This is part of a systematic
survey of the workplaces of the whole Borough, and forms at
present the major part of the Workshop Inspector's duties. The
following table concerning this area shows some results of the work
done:—
No. on
Registers,
1904.
No. added to
Registers,
1905.
Total No. on
Registers.
Nuisances,
&c., Found.
Intimation
Notices
Issued.
Statutory
Notices
Issued.
Notices to
Factory
Inspectors.
Factories 11 89 100 181 59 6 14
Workshops 113 92 205 267 125 19 16
Workplaces — 32 32 54 30 8 —
Totals 124 213 337 502 214 33 30
II. Special Sanitary Regulations for
Bakehouses.
No new Bakehouses have been opened, and none have been
closed. There are in the Borough 21 above-ground, and 40 underground.
They are regularly inspected, 166 visits having been paid
by the Inspectors during 1905.
III Home Work (including Outworkers).
The Outworkers referred to in this section are persons or firms
resident in Finsbury, to whom materials, generally cut out and
prepared for making up, are distributed by firms belonging to
Finsbury or other Boroughs, to be completed in the worker's home
or contractor's factory or workshop. The work of the Department
in relation to Home work and Outworkers during 1905, has been
carried out by the Lady Sanitary Inspectors, and the result is set
out in the table on p. 165. It will be seen that 359 home-workers'
premises have been visited, and that 55 men and 351 women were
found to be engaged in home work. Seventeen of these premises
were reported to the Home Office as "Domestic Workshops," (i.e. a