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94
Defects found—sanitary accommodation defective 31
„ dirty 2
„ unsuitable, insufficient 5
38
Walls and ceilings dirty 43
Ventilation insufficient 43
General defects 14
Total 138
OUTWORKERS.
The lists of outworkers sent in by employers during 1910 contain 409
entries of names of persons in the City to whom work is given out. As one
outworker may be employed by several firms (e.g. one man's name is sent in
by 16 firms), and each firm may send in his name twice a year, it is not
surprising to find that these 409 entries represent only 204 outworkers; the
majority of whom were already on the Workshop Register.
In view of the fact that that part of the Home Office Return which deals
with outworkers is headed "Home Work," it is necessary to point out that
of the 204 outworkers notified, 170 do not carry on their work in dwellinghouses,
but in premises used only for business purposes, and that the actual
number of outworkers who do work in their own homes is only 34,
made up as follows:—
Eight employ persons other than members of their own families, and
appear on the Register of Workshops.
Twenty-two employ only members of their own families, and are classed
as Domestic Workshops.
Four are "occasional workers," i.e., those whose" labour is
"exercised at irregular intervals and does not furnish the whole
"or principal means of living to the family," and who are
consequently exempt from the provisions of the Factory and
Workshop Acts.