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instances in which it was necessary to require cleansing. There
were four occasions to require an increase in the water-closet
accommodation, and 33 in which accommodation was unsuitable
or defective. In 15 cases the Abstract of the Factory Acts was not
affixed in the workrooms, and the Home Office was notified
accordingly. There are altogether about 750 domestic workrooms
in the Borough in which textile material of various kinds is being
dealt with.
A complete list of all out-workers has been kept in the office;
the information has often been obtained by calling at the workshops,
for some employers still fail to realise their duty to send
in a list of out-workers twice a year, viz., in February and August,
as the Act directs. All the premises occupied by out-workers were
inspected during the year.