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are employed), that the principal defects found are dirty
workrooms, dirty sanitary appliances, defective flushing
tanks to closets, defective closets, and defective dustbins.
Overcrowding was only found in 13 cases—in each instance
being slight.
OUT-VVORKEKS.
The work commenced by the Female Inspector in 1903,
and continued during 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 connected
with the visiting and inspecting of out-workers premises and
homes (situated within the Borough of Lambeth), has been
further continued during 1908.
This is a special duty devolving upon the Be rough Council
under Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, under which Orders (known as the Home-work Orders)
have been made by the Home Secretary (vide Annual Reports,
1903, pp. 118-122 and 1905 pp. 125-126). The latest
Order is 1907 (May 23rd), and it replaces the Order of
August 15th, 1905.
The new Order enlarges the list of special trades to which
Sections 107-110 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
apply, by the addition of the following :—Artificial flowers,
nets, other than wire nets; tents; sacks; covering of
racquet or tennis balls; boxes of cardboard, ship, or similar
mater'al; pea-picking ; feather sorting ; the carding, boxing,
or packeting of buttons, hooks anl eyes, pins and hairpins;
and baskets.
During 1903-8, a total of 947 out-workers' premises have
been inspected and registered (202 during 1908), connected
with the following trades and businesses :—
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