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of infectious disease occurring in an outworker's home without our
becoming acquainted with it.
There were 1,314 inspections of outworkers' premises, compared
with 1,316 in 1913, and of these 423 were of places which had not
been previously used for this class of work.
The number of registered workshops still shows a decrease,
which is, however, not so marked as last year, and this decrease has
shown itself chiefly in the clothing trades. The change of conditions
brought about by the war cannot fail to have far-reaching effects on
the workplaces, changes which at present we see but a shadow of
what is to come. At present, however, the outlook consists of a
change of employment rather than a lack of it.