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"Routine inspections of the workshops shown on the above list were carried out during the
year, and complaints from His Majesty's inspectors or anonymous sources received immediate
ttention"
Ventilation—In response to notices, additional means of ventilation were provided in 26 of
the workrooms visited. Whilst a very marked improvement in the ventilation of workshops has
been effected in the last twelve years, it is still necessary to serve notices from time to time
in cases where unventilated gas stoves are added in existing workrooms or where premises become
occupied as workshops which have not hitherto been used for the purpose.
Overcrowding.—Seven cases of overcrowding were dealt with during the year, as compared
with 9 in the year 1912, and 11 in the year 1911. Employers are provided by the Council with
cards showing the maximum number of workers allowed in each workroom, and cases where
the number shown on the card is deliberately exceeded are now of rare occurrence.
Sanitary Conveniences.—During the year defects in 47 sanitary conveniences in factories or
workshops were found and remedied.
HOME WORK.
The return made to the Home Office on "Home Work" is based on figures which show that 803
addresses and names of outworkers were received on the lists sent in by the employers residing
in this Borough, and that of these 530 were forwarded to the Councils of the respective districts in
which they were situated; the remaining 273 being in Kensington.
These 273 names and addresses, together with 392 received from other Councils, will, when
divided by half (since most, if not all are duplicates sent in twice in the year) give approximately
the number of homeworkers on the register of the Borough of Kensington.
Of the 332 outworkers so registered, some are employed on premises which are factories or
workshops within the meaning of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, others work in domestic
workshops, whilst the remainder are the genuine "Home Workers" engaged in their homes on
the work given out to them by various firms and contractors in Kensington and other districts.
The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following
Table:—

The factories and workshops referred to in the above list are included in the Table which
shows the trades carried on in the factories and workshops on the Council's register.