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WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
Registration.—At the close of 1912 there were 1,514 workshop premises on the Registers of
the Department. Last year 293 premises were removed from and 200 added to the Registers,
the effective entries at the close of the year numbering 1,421. The premises on the Registers
included 128 factories, 32 of them being laundries, 942 workshops, 16 domestic workshops,
36 workplaces, and 299 premises in the occupation of "single workers," 256 of whom are on the
Registers of Outworkers.
An analysis of the occupations carried on at the premises (of all descriptions), with the
latest known numbers of persons working therein, will be found in Table 56, the numbers of
outworkers being shown by the figures in parentheses.
Notices relating to 72 new workshops were received from the Home Office during the year,
64 of which were already on the Registers of the Department.
Women were employed in 855 workshops, including 229 where men and women were
employed. The total number of female workers therein was 4,777, viz., 4,184 women and 593
young persons. Women were also employed at 155 outworkers' premises, including 25 where
men and women were employed. The total number of female workers employed therein was
314, viz., 259 women and 55 young persons.
Home Work.—Employers of outworkers (home workers) forwarded 54 lists in February of
last year and 64 in August, or a total of 118 lists, as compared with 117 in 1912, 125 in 1911,
and 154 in 1910. The addresses included in those lists numbered 546, of which 359 w ere
forwarded to other districts.
From other districts 372 addresses (in 61 lists) of home workers residing in the Borough
were received, the number in 1912 having been 386 in 61 lists.

Note.—The italic figures in parentheses relate to 1912.
At the close of the year the Registers contained 294 effective entries, 256 being homes of
single workers.
Inspections.—The inspections of all descriptions numbered 3,695 last year (3,076 in 1912),
360 being first inspections (298 in 1912).
Complaints.—The Home Office forwarded 13 complaints, four of which were withdrawn,
leaving 9, being 6 less than in 1912, the matters complained of being:—
Defective water-closet apparatus 4 (4)
Dirty conditions of workrooms2 (1)
Overcrowding of workrooms1 (2)
Insufficient water-closet accommodation1 (1)
Inadequate ventilation of workroom1 (—)
Deficient Ventilation.—The numbers of workshops (new and old) reported to be insufficiently
ventilated in 1906 and each succeeding year are 3, 4, 6, 0, 0, 0, 2, and 7.
Sanitary Conveniences.—These continue to be kept in a fairly satisfactory condition, but the
number of defects (mostly trivial) reported indicates some carelessness in maintenance. It