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our workers sent in by employers in this Borough, addresses of
1,732 were found to be in other districts, and these names and
addresses were forwarded to the local authorities of the respective
districts.
During the year 1922, Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed
for the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 1,362 inspections
and 1,294 re-inspections. She also made 259 visits, without
inspections, the outworkers having left the premises {41), or
having given up home work (51), or being out at the time of
visit (129), or owing to a wrong address being given (31), or the
premises being workshops (4), or the outworkers having died (3).
Miss Portlock also discovered 2 new workshops and handed
in their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection
she found 415 premises with sanitary defects. For the abatement
of these she served 281 intimation, 42 final, and 2 statutory
notices. Of the 1,362 premises inspected, in only 1 was a room
set apart entirely for the work. In the remainder, work was
carried on in rooms used for other purposes as under:—
Workroom, bedroom, kitchen and living rooms 78
,, ,, and living room 93
,, ,, ,, kitchen 146
,, and kitchen 939
,, ,, bedroom 81
,, ,, parlour 8
,, ,, scullery 14
,, ,, bath room 2
,, provided separately 1
1,362