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An inspection and registration of tailors' shops was accordingly undertaken
last year, when it was ascertained there were 495 of these places in the City,
and that at 126 of such premises 165 workshops existed. The latter were
distributed as under:—
1 workshop existed at 97 premises.
2 workshops „ ,, 20 „
3 ,, ,, ,, 8 ,,
4 ,, ,, ,, 4 ,,
It will be seen, therefore, that workshops exist at about one-fourth of the
tailors' shops in the City ; the majority having none, as most of the goods sold
are made up by outworkers.
Forty of these workshops were notified to the Corporation by H.M. Factory
Inspectors, twelve of which were "domestic workshops." *
The majority of the workers in the tailoring trade are males, and out of the
598 women employed 182 work for one firm alone.
According to the returns of the Night Census, 1901, there were 235 females
(of which about 68 per cent. were unmarried) and 245 males engaged in the
tailoring trade resident in the City.
The artificial illuminants employed at the 165 tailors' workshops were as
under:—
Gasin 137
Electricity „ 24
Oil „ 4
The following is a summary of the result of the inspections of these places
during the year:—
Tailors' Workshops.
Number of workshops inspected 165
Domestic workshops found 12
Original inspections made 584
Re-inspections 510
1,094
Number of workers—Male 757
„ „ —Female 598
1,355
Number of outworkers 1,962
Complaints received from H.M. Factory Inspector 4
* Vide p. 90 for definition of "domestic workshop."