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District Council to be suitable as regards construction, light, ventilation
and in all other respects. This had the effect of bringing all underground
bakehouses into line at once, with beneficial results. I think it
is desirable to extend the principle to all underground workshops. I
find no provision was made in the Factory Act for the withdrawal of a
certificate from a bakehouse if at any time the premises are found not to
comply with the requirements; I think power should be given to a
Magistrate to clo=,e an underground bakehouse or workshop on being
shown that it had become unsuitable for use at any time after certification.
Outworkers.—Firms giving out work in certain trades are required
to send in a list twice a year of those they employ. Outworkers
are constantly changing their addresses and their employers, so that
it is difficult to maintain a correct register. Considerable trouble is
still experienced in getting in the lists, and in many instances they are
obtained only after advertising, circularising, visiting, and, finally,
threatening with proceedings. Thirty-five visits of enquiry to ascertain
if outworkers were employed were made by the lady sanitary inspectors.