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following table shows the number of outworkers' premises
registered in the Borough, together with the trades and the
number of persons employed:—
Trade.
Number on
Register.
Persons Employed.
Premises.
Workrooms.
Males.
Females.
Blousemaking8 9 — 10
Bootmaking 40 40 40 —
Boxmaking 8 8 — 9
Dressmaking 6 6 — 6
Embroidery 44 44 — 45
Glovemaking 40 40 1 44
Tailoring 57 57 37 24
Underclothing 31 33 — 32
Other trades 28 28 1 27
Totals 262 265 79 197
The systematic inspection of outworkers' premises is carried
out by the two Workshop Inspectors (Inspectors Benjamin and
Miss Ross Brown). The former deal with male, and .the latter
with female outworkers. In addition to the inspection of the
homes of outworkers, the lists kept by firms established in
Battersea of outworkers employed by them are regularly
inspected, and care taken to see that these lists are kept in the
manner and form prescribed1 by Section 107 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901.
During 1913, 808 inspections of outworkers' dwellings were
made, 557 of which were carried out by the female Workshop
Inspector. It was found necessary to serve 35 notices in connection
with homework inspection. The defects found in outworkers'
premises were mainly those referring to want of cleanliness
of rooms, defective sanilary fittings, &c.