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The number of visits paid to Home Workers'
dwellings was 1,103. The number of premises found
to be in an insanitary condition was 173, or 38.8 per
cent, of the 446 premises inspected. Notices were
served in 161 cases, while 28 other premises were under
notice arising from other visits, and a verbal intimation
was given in 21 further cases.
Difficulty is still experienced in getting some
employers promptly and accurately to send in copies
of their list of outworkers, but no legal proceedings
were taken in the matter during the year.
It may be of interest to mention that some of the
homeworkers resident in Bethnal Green are employed
by firms whose place of business is as far away as
Epsom, Enfield and Kingston-upon-Thames, and local
firms have sent in lists containing outworkers resident
in Billericay, Dagenham, Enfield, Folkestone, Hemel
Hempstead, Ilford, Northampton, Romford and Southend-on-Sea.