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During the year 1915, Miss Portlock (the inspector appointed
for the inspection of outworkers premises) made 1,402 inspections
and 998 re-inspections. She also made 464 visits without inspections,
the outworkers having left the premises (188), or having
given up homework (41), or being out at the time of visit (146),
or owing to a wrong address being given (70), or the premises
being workshops (10), or male workers alone being employed.
Miss Portlock also discovered 10 new workshops and handed
their addresses in for registration. During her visits of inspection
Miss Portlock discovered 649 premises with sanitary defects.
For the abatement of these she served 459 intimation notices.
Of the 1,402 premises inspected, in only 88 was a room set apart
entirely for work. In the remainder, work was carried on in
rooms used for other purposes, as set out below:—
Workroom, bedroom, kitchen and living rooms 78
„ „ and living room 63
„ „ „ kitchen 41
„ and kitchen 896
„ „ bedroom 151
„ „ parlour 68
„ scullery 12
„ „ bath rooms 3
„ „ landing 2
Workroom provided separate 88
Total 1,402