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cautioned the employers against doing so in future; and
should they have consented to obey the law, proceedings
were not taken unless they neglected to fulfil their promise.
For many milliners and dressmakers reasonably pleaded
ignorance of the law.
I have received 58 complaints up to the present time
against different establishments in St. George's parish, and
although mostly anonymous, still nearly all contained more
or less truth. Many of the work rooms were visited several
times. I obtained convictions in the following five cases—
1. Miss Eleanor Salmon, dressmaker, No. 49a, New
Bond Street, April 29th, fined by Mr. Tyrwhitt,
at Marlborough Street. The defendant paid only
the costs, as I did not press for a penalty, the Act
having just come into operation.
2. Mr. John Verdie, milliner and dressmaker, No.
23, George Street, Hanover Square, May 8th, at
ditto, and paid the costs.
3. Mr. B. Studer, ditto, No. 9, Bruton Street, Bond
Street, May 27th, at ditto ; 20s. and costs.
4. Francois Frechet, 158, New Bond Street, December
21st, at ditto; 40s. and costs.
5. Miss Harriett Axford, No. 8, Arabella Row, rimlico;
August 6th, at Westminster; 20s. and 8s. costs,
or 14 days.
I found at a house in Lupus Street, 6 young women working
in a scullery in the basement, where the chimney smoked
so much that a fire could not bo lighted in the winter, and
the room being dark they always worked by gaslight. It
contained a sink having a trap unsealed by water, with a
water-closet adjoining. The cubic capacity was insufficient
for six persons, but nine usually worked there, rendering the