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OUTWORK
Outworkers (Section 110(I) (c)).
Twice yearly, February and August, the Factories Act, 1937,
requires all employers of outworkers in the Borough to forward
to the Local Authority a list giving the names and addresses of
all persons employed by them in homework during the previous six
months.
Of the 405 names of outworkers which appeared on the lists
received in August, 91 were given as residing within the Borough;
in addition 121 names of outworkers residing in Bethnal Green were
forwarded from other boroughs.
The following information of classes of work and numbers of
outworkers employed thereon, being Bethnal Green residents, is in
respect of the August lists, received from employers In the Borough,
and from other Boroughs:-

Section 110. There was no case of default in sending list to the
Council.
Section 111. There was no instance of work being carried on in
unwholesome premises.
Shops Acts
During the year the Public Health Inspectors paid 173 visits
to shops in relation to general sanitation, ventilation and
temperature requirements, 12 notices were served in respect
of unsatisfactory conditions found to exist.