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A comparison of the number of such notifications received in past years
with the year under review shows as follows:—
Year.
No. of Complaints
received.
1901 1 51
1902 54
1903 66
1904 31
1905 32
1906 39
1907 21
1908 19
1909 23
1910 37
Average 37.3
OUTWORKERS AND "HOME" WORKERS.
The provisions of the Act respecting outworkers have, as heretofore, been
carried into effect.
The Lists due on February 1st and August 1st were all obtained without
recourse to legal proceedings. Over 1,500 lists were sent in.
Very few "home" workers reside in the City. The outworkers numbered
204 (some outworkers are employed by as many as a dozen firms), and of
this number only 34 were "home" workers. These places are dealt with by
your Women Inspectors, except where men only are employed.
The following figures will illustrate what has occurred:—
Year.
Number of
Lists received.
Outworkers
Employed
in City.
Outworkers
Employed
outside City.
Total number
of Outworkers.
1902
—
17
3,752
3,769
1903
—
118
2,729
2,847
1904
272
123
3,334
3,457
(Note.—1st Notice issued to all employers at end of 1904.)
1905
576
236
7,891
8,127
1906
1,112
229
14,376
14,605
1907
1,426
491
16,570
17,061
1908
1,506
624
16,909
17,533
1909
1,515
674
16,193
16.867
1910
1,540
664
17,083
17,747
Special notices were issued in 65 cases, where firms had failed to send
lists or to keep a copy of the same, as required by the Act.
There are no cases of infectious disease in outworkers' premises to be
recorded, but 11 "contacts" were reported, as follows:—Diphtheria 2,
Phthisis 1, and Scarlet fever 8. Each case was enquired into, and precautions
taken to prevent the spread of infection.