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HOME WORKERS.
Of the 4,929 workmen and contractors whose
names appeared on the lists sent in by employers,
3,438 resided within the Borough. In 1919 the
number was practically the same, being 3,490.
This figure, 3,438 is approximately double the
number of individual workers as in the majority of
cases the same people are notified in February and in
August.
The number of visits paid to Home Workers'
dwellings by Miss Murphy, the Sanitary Inspector
detailed for this work, was 3,153. The number of
premises found to be in an insanitary condition was
477, or 27 per cent, of the premises inspected.
Notices were served in 414 cases, the other 63
premises being already under notice arising from other
visits.
Overcrowding was found to be a common defect,
but it was not found possible under the prevailing
circumstances to effect much improvement in this condition
by the threat of legal action.
A few cases of infectious disease have occurred in
outworkers homes, but no action was necessary as no
homework was on the premises at the time, a circumstange
explained by the extensive unemployment
which was prevalent.