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HOME WORKERS.
Of the 3,685 workmen and contractors whose
names appeared on the lists received, 2,578 resided
within the Borough. The latter figure 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 was 2,265. The number of premises found
to be in an insanitary condition was 408, or 47 per
cent of the 860 premises inspected. Notices were
served in 315 cases, 81 premises being already under
notice arising from other visits, and a verbal intimation
only being given in the remaining 12 cases.
Difficulty is occasionally experienced in getting
employers promptly and accurately to send in copies
of their list of outworkers, but it was not found
necessary in the course of the year to prosecute on
this account.